Definitions
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- adjective having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl
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Examples
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The bowl-shaped depression of the area creates a large freshwater lake at the heart of the Twelvelands, and Parhim the City of Sceptres lies on that lake as the sole major settlement among a large number of villages and hamlets.
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Bill Monahan and his Border Collie, Hunter, were searching a neighborhood near the Presidential Palace, concentrating on a large bowl-shaped area of rubble which was all that remained of a 4-story building.
Video: How Dogs Are Saving Lives in Earthquake-Shattered Haiti 2010
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I have only made bowl-shaped ones once before and was looking forward to trying a new shape.
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(Soundbite of music) LIM: One virtuoso performance is from Ku'ermanjiang Zhikeriya, a Kazakh from Xinjiang who plays a dongbula, a two-stringed guitar with a bowl-shaped body.
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There is something about these bowl-shaped creatures that never fails to remind me of Lucie Rie's ceramics.
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I have only made bowl-shaped ones once before and was looking forward to trying a new shape.
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I was teased -- relentlessly -- from my bowl-shaped haircut with too short bangs, to my perfectionist work ethic to my love of Hello Kitty.
Jessica Radloff: How Bullying Changed My Life Jessica Radloff 2010
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Their flesh is pronounced by a creamy, buttery texture, while their shell is deep and bowl-shaped.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue Will Lyons 2010
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I was teased -- relentlessly -- from my bowl-shaped haircut with too short bangs, to my perfectionist work ethic to my love of Hello Kitty.
Jessica Radloff: How Bullying Changed My Life Jessica Radloff 2010
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The bowl-shaped depression of the area creates a large freshwater lake at the heart of the Twelvelands, [...]
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