punch bowl


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

Origin of punch bowl

1
First recorded in 1685–95

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British Dictionary definitions for punchbowl

punchbowl

/ (ˈpʌntʃˌbəʊl) /


noun
  1. a large bowl for serving punch, lemonade, etc, usually with a ladle and often having small drinking glasses hooked around the rim

  2. British a bowl-shaped depression in the land

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