rice bowl
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
rice bowl (plural rice bowls)
- A small bowl from which rice is eaten.
- A region that produces abundant rice.
- A person's livelihood or source of income.
- A jealously defended institutional resource such as a programme, project, or budget.
HypernymsEdit
- (region): breadbasket (one sense), food bowl
Coordinate termsEdit
- (region): breadbasket, granary