FINGER BOWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finger bowl mean? 

• FINGER BOWL (noun)
  The noun FINGER BOWL has 1 sense:

1. small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table

  Familiarity information: FINGER BOWL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINGER BOWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("finger bowl" is a kind of...):

bowl (a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods)

 Context examples 

"I haven't a single finger bowl, but this is a setout that will last me all my days, Hannah says."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)