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punch bowl
Word definitions for punch bowl in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of punchbowl English)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It was more a tidal wave in a punch bowl . ▪ Smiling at Evelyn, and ignoring Geoffrey, she made her way across the room to the punch bowl . ▪ They held the punch bowl at parties, the potato salad, chips and dips.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large bowl for serving beverages; usually with a ladle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punch \Punch\, n. [Hind. p[=a]nch five, Skr. pa?can. So called because composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and lemon juice. See Five .] A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A punch bowl is a bowl, often large and wide, in which the drink punch is served.
Usage examples of punch bowl.
I asked as I ignored my own resolution to do nothing, opened a fresh bottle of fruit juice, and sloshed it into the punch bowl.
He longed to turn around but instead just sipped on the beer, pretending that the 235-pound black man (Carrera sunglasses dangling on his chest) who loomed in the tavern mirror wasn't really glaring at him as if he were the proverbial turd in the punch bowl.
She broke away and hurried after Pug, but he and the tall Air Corps general went into the crowd at the punch bowl, which closed around them.
Then he looked at Tom in fury and despair and still with that sick gladness and swung his arm down hard into the side of the punch bowl.
More blur, blips of arms, legs, a cart being pushed and a man in white carrying a punch bowl.
And it's too early for anybody to get the guts to dump anything in the punch bowl.