"fish bowl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fish bowls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish bowl (plural fish bowls)
  1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
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  2. (by extension) Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-fish_bowl-en-noun-0-dhoc9d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 34 29 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 31 21 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 35 18 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 37 23 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 34 21 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 30 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 33 22 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 31 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 35 21 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 31 22 26
  3. A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules.
    Sense id: en-fish_bowl-en-noun-ORnD69Eo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 34 29 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 30 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 31 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 31 22 26
  4. The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.
    Sense id: en-fish_bowl-en-noun-58yt05jK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 34 29 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 30 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 31 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 31 22 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goldfish bowl, fishbowl Related terms: aquarium Translations (bowl in which fish are kept): fiŝujo (Esperanto), kalamalja (Finnish), Fischglas [neuter] (German), aquário (Portuguese), аква́риум (akvárium) [masculine] (Russian), fanus (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'bowl in which fish are kept': 9 21 36 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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