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punch bowl

noun

a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.

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Origin of punch bowl

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby punch bowl

Punch-and-Judy show, punchbag, punchball, punch biopsy, punchboard, punch bowl, punch card, punch-drunk, punch-drunk syndrome, punched card, punched tape
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British Dictionary definitions for punch bowl

punchbowl
/ (ˈpʌntʃˌbəʊl) /

noun

a large bowl for serving punch, lemonade, etc, usually with a ladle and often having small drinking glasses hooked around the rim
British a bowl-shaped depression in the land
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