"bowl full" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "bowls full",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bowl fulls",
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        "plural",
        "rare"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "bowlful"
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        {
          "ref": "1918 November 12, Amy B. Cowles, “Letter From South Africa”, in Campbell Interurban Press, volume 24, number 36, Campbell, Calif.: Harry C. Smith, published 1919 March 7, page [4], column 3:",
          "text": "Great bowl fulls of wild tumbling hills, blue mountains in the distance and a silvery stream—the Umzimkulu—winding in and out among the canyons.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Agnes M[atilda] Larson, “The New Age in Logging and Sawing”, in History of the White Pine Industry in Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, page 370:",
          "text": "Coffee and tea, bowls full, were served at every meal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Helen Buckler, “A National Task”, in Doctor Dan, Pioneer in American Surgery: The Inspiring Story of Daniel Hale Williams, the Negro Who Was the First Surgeon Ever to Operate Successfully on the Human Heart, Boston, Mass.: Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown and Company, →LCCN, page 115:",
          "text": "Out in the Yard he had rosebushes set out. No one was allowed to touch them, but great bowls full were picked, by his orders, daily and placed in the barren wards and in the dining room and in the nurses’ quarters.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Gregory Mcdonald, Safekeeping, New York, N.Y.: Laurel, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1987, →ISBN, page 52:",
          "text": "He ate bowls full of crackers.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports, volume 42, Boston, Mass., page 771:",
          "text": "Moreover, we doubt that the statement that the defendant was ultimately trying to place before the jury — “[she] smoked a couple of bowl fulls” — would be admissible as a statement against Kibbe’s penal interest.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Chen Shui-Bian, translated by David J. Toman, “Learning and Transformation”, in The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Upland, Calif.: Taiwan Publishing Co.Ltd., →ISBN, page 33:",
          "text": "There, I ate several bowls full of white rice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Nevada Barr, Hunting Season, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 201:",
          "text": "During her recitation, they ate bowls full of curried chicken stew, the entire chicken, sans guts, brains and feathers, tossed in the pot for twelve hours, bones still to be picked out as they turned up in one’s spoon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, William Black, “Gaeta to Naples”, in Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, part one (Mainland), page 140:",
          "text": "So they ate bowls full of spaghetti covered with cheese and tomato sauce, craning their necks skyward and stuffing their mouths with the long strands.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 June, Romaine Stauffer, “Book One: The Dawning of the Morning (1884-1905)”, in Annie’s Day of Light, 2nd edition, Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, →ISBN, page 124:",
          "text": "Around noon, they sat down at a little table and ate bowls full of steaming oyster stew.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Robin Laurance, “October”, in Just What I Always Wanted! Unwrapping the World’s Most Curious Birthday Presents, London: Quercus, →ISBN, page 239:",
          "text": "Having opened his presents Chiang sat down with the family and ate bowls full of longevity noodles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Leland Ryken, “First Things First: The Primacy of the Image”, in Sweeter Than Honey, Richer Than Gold: A Guided Study of Biblical Poetry (Reading the Bible as Literature), Wooster, Oh.: Weaver Book Company, →ISBN, part 1 (The Language Poets Use), page 30:",
          "text": "But there is an additional nuance of logic: these social drinkers (or solitary drinkers at home in the afternoon) drink wine in bowls. Even if the idea is not excess to the point of intoxication, the image of the bowl at least adds the twist of a high level of consumption. The overall logic of the portrait that Amos paints is that of self-indulgence on a grand scale, made possible by the affluence of the people involved. Wine by the bowl fulls fits that logic.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, John Partridge, “Fish & Potato Chips Tacos”, in There’s No Taste Like Home: My Cookbook, London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Peel and slice your potato – I use a mandolin for slices as thin as a credit card. Gently wash the slices in a couple of bowl fulls of water until the water is clear.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of bowlful."
      ],
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          "bowlful#English"
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  "word": "bowl full"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bowls full",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowl fulls",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "ref": "1918 November 12, Amy B. Cowles, “Letter From South Africa”, in Campbell Interurban Press, volume 24, number 36, Campbell, Calif.: Harry C. Smith, published 1919 March 7, page [4], column 3:",
          "text": "Great bowl fulls of wild tumbling hills, blue mountains in the distance and a silvery stream—the Umzimkulu—winding in and out among the canyons.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Agnes M[atilda] Larson, “The New Age in Logging and Sawing”, in History of the White Pine Industry in Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, page 370:",
          "text": "Coffee and tea, bowls full, were served at every meal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Helen Buckler, “A National Task”, in Doctor Dan, Pioneer in American Surgery: The Inspiring Story of Daniel Hale Williams, the Negro Who Was the First Surgeon Ever to Operate Successfully on the Human Heart, Boston, Mass.: Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown and Company, →LCCN, page 115:",
          "text": "Out in the Yard he had rosebushes set out. No one was allowed to touch them, but great bowls full were picked, by his orders, daily and placed in the barren wards and in the dining room and in the nurses’ quarters.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Gregory Mcdonald, Safekeeping, New York, N.Y.: Laurel, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1987, →ISBN, page 52:",
          "text": "He ate bowls full of crackers.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports, volume 42, Boston, Mass., page 771:",
          "text": "Moreover, we doubt that the statement that the defendant was ultimately trying to place before the jury — “[she] smoked a couple of bowl fulls” — would be admissible as a statement against Kibbe’s penal interest.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Chen Shui-Bian, translated by David J. Toman, “Learning and Transformation”, in The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Upland, Calif.: Taiwan Publishing Co.Ltd., →ISBN, page 33:",
          "text": "There, I ate several bowls full of white rice.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Nevada Barr, Hunting Season, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 201:",
          "text": "During her recitation, they ate bowls full of curried chicken stew, the entire chicken, sans guts, brains and feathers, tossed in the pot for twelve hours, bones still to be picked out as they turned up in one’s spoon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, William Black, “Gaeta to Naples”, in Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, part one (Mainland), page 140:",
          "text": "So they ate bowls full of spaghetti covered with cheese and tomato sauce, craning their necks skyward and stuffing their mouths with the long strands.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 June, Romaine Stauffer, “Book One: The Dawning of the Morning (1884-1905)”, in Annie’s Day of Light, 2nd edition, Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, →ISBN, page 124:",
          "text": "Around noon, they sat down at a little table and ate bowls full of steaming oyster stew.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Robin Laurance, “October”, in Just What I Always Wanted! Unwrapping the World’s Most Curious Birthday Presents, London: Quercus, →ISBN, page 239:",
          "text": "Having opened his presents Chiang sat down with the family and ate bowls full of longevity noodles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Leland Ryken, “First Things First: The Primacy of the Image”, in Sweeter Than Honey, Richer Than Gold: A Guided Study of Biblical Poetry (Reading the Bible as Literature), Wooster, Oh.: Weaver Book Company, →ISBN, part 1 (The Language Poets Use), page 30:",
          "text": "But there is an additional nuance of logic: these social drinkers (or solitary drinkers at home in the afternoon) drink wine in bowls. Even if the idea is not excess to the point of intoxication, the image of the bowl at least adds the twist of a high level of consumption. The overall logic of the portrait that Amos paints is that of self-indulgence on a grand scale, made possible by the affluence of the people involved. Wine by the bowl fulls fits that logic.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, John Partridge, “Fish & Potato Chips Tacos”, in There’s No Taste Like Home: My Cookbook, London: Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Peel and slice your potato – I use a mandolin for slices as thin as a credit card. Gently wash the slices in a couple of bowl fulls of water until the water is clear.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of bowlful."
      ],
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          "bowlful",
          "bowlful#English"
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  "word": "bowl full"
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