rice bowl
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]rice bowl (plural rice bowls)
- A small bowl from which rice is eaten.
- A region that produces abundant rice.
- A dish (typically eaten from a bowl) of which rice is a primary ingredient, such as donburi.
- A person's livelihood or source of income.
- (slang) A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (region): breadbasket (one sense), food bowl
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (region): breadbasket, granary