English Explanatory Dictionary

fish bowl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
  2. Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.
  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.
  4. The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.

Word forms

fish bowl fish bowls fishbowl

Synonyms

goldfish bowl

Related words

aquarium

Translations

Chinese Cantonese: 魚缸 /鱼缸 Chinese Mandarin: 魚缸 /鱼缸 Esperanto: fiŝujo Finnish: kalakulho German: Fischglas Korean: 어항 Polish: kuliste akwarium Portuguese: aquário Russian: аква́риум Spanish: pecera Turkish: fanus
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