rice bowl
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English
Etymology
Noun
rice bowl (plural rice bowls)
- A small bowl from which rice is typically eaten.
- (figurative) A region that produces abundant rice.
- A dish (typically eaten from a bowl) of which rice is a primary ingredient, such as donburi.
- (figurative) A person's livelihood or source of income.
- (slang) A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.
Hypernyms
- (region): breadbasket (one sense), food bowl
Coordinate terms
- (region): breadbasket, granary
Derived terms
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