sugar bowl
noun
a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
sugar bowls
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pluralof sugar bowl.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Yet it is not at all obvious where all the money came form for hand-loomed woolen shawls, vintage artisan sugar bowls and impeccable woodwork, furniture and interior painting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2016
His “Coffee Table Museum,” from 1989, is a precision-tooled kaffeeklatsch on wheels, a parade float of demitasse cups, sugar bowls, creamers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2014
I asked about a shelf full of mismatched Royal Albert-esque bone china cups, saucers and sugar bowls.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2010
They will pull out the hoarded money in sugar bowls, between the mattresses and in safe deposit boxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are silver-lidded sugar bowls and containers that look rather like urns.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
