rice bowl
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editrice bowl (plural rice bowls)
- A small bowl from which rice is eaten.
- A region that produces abundant rice.
- A dish (typically eaten from a bowl) of which rice is a primary ingredient, such as donburi.
- A person's livelihood or source of income.
- (slang) A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.
Hypernyms
edit- (region): breadbasket (one sense), food bowl
Coordinate terms
edit- (region): breadbasket, granary