"slop-bowl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slop-bowls [plural]
Etymology: From slop + bowl. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|slop|bowl}} slop + bowl Head templates: {{en-noun}} slop-bowl (plural slop-bowls)
  1. Part of a traditional tea set, used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea. Usually pottery or silver.
    Sense id: en-slop-bowl-en-noun-QYxzeDpe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 32 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 30 4
  2. (dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-slop-bowl-en-noun-sC5Z~2mj
  3. (dated) A large teacup, used especially at breakfast time Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-slop-bowl-en-noun-96yChWfI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bedpan, slop-jar, slop-basin, slop-pail, chamber pot, loo

Inflected forms

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