"fish bowl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fish bowls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish bowl (plural fish bowls)
  1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
    Sense id: en-fish_bowl-en-noun-~yE-lWWB
  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
  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. Translations (bowl in which fish are kept): fiŝujo (Esperanto), kalamalja (Finnish), Fischglas [neuter] (German), aquário (Portuguese), аква́риум (akvárium) [masculine] (Russian), fanus (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fish_bowl-en-noun-ORnD69Eo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 24 49 19 Disambiguation of 'bowl in which fish are kept': 7 12 56 25
  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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: goldfish bowl, fishbowl Related terms: aquarium

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