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
Example Sentences
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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
And the decisions being made in the next few weeks will determine how much the world's rice bowl yields at the end of the year.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
That feta has a second act planned: whipped into eggs and crowned on a rice bowl later in the week, where it feels less like an afterthought and more like a flourish.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 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
She stared down at her empty rice bowl, still hungry for more.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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