"finger bowl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: finger bowls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} finger bowl (plural finger bowls)
  1. A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses. Synonyms: fingerbowl, finger-bowl Translations (bowl to rinse one's fingers): Fingerschale [feminine] (German), kobokan (Indonesian), sciacquadita [masculine] (Italian), skyllebolle (Norwegian), чаша для пальців (čaša dlja palʹciv) (Ukrainian)

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