rice bowl
Britishnoun
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a small bowl for eating rice out of, esp a decorative one made of china or porcelain
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a fertile rice-producing region
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Not the exact recipe, but the form: toast, pasta, a frittata, a rice bowl, a substantial salad, perhaps a pot of soup or stew.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
“The energy rice bowl must be held in our own hands,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said repeatedly over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
If I go to Sqirl, I really like the sorrel pesto rice bowl, or the frittata thing they do is beautiful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
And at night, with a rice bowl and a set of chop-sticks waiting for her at the table, they looked up at every sound of footsteps.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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