bowl vs salad bowl

salad bowl vs bowl

bowl and salad bowl both are nouns.

bowl is a verb but salad bowl is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bowl	Yes	No	Yes	No
salad bowl	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, salad bowl is a hyponym of bowl; that is, salad bowl is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bowl:

bowl: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
salad bowl: a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad

Other hyponyms of bowl include cereal bowl, finger bowl, mixing bowl, porringer, punch bowl, slop basin, slop bowl, soup bowl.

bowl (noun)	salad bowl (noun)
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)	a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad
a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods	a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids
a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
the quantity contained in a bowl
a concave shape with an open top

bowl (verb)	salad bowl (verb)
engage in the sport of bowling
hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
roll (a ball)

Difference between bowl and salad bowl

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