Definition of Sugar bowl

1. Noun. A dish in which sugar is served.

Generic synonyms: Dish
Group relationships: Tea Service, Tea Set

Definition of Sugar bowl

1. Noun. A small receptacle for serving sugar on a table or on a tray. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugar Bowl

sugar-loaf
sugar-loaves
sugar-maple
sugar-mill
sugar-plum
sugar-plums
sugar-water
sugar alcohol
sugar alcohols
sugar apple
sugar apples
sugar babies
sugar baby
sugar beet
sugar beets
sugar bowl (current term)
sugar bowls
sugar bush
sugar candy
sugar cane
sugar coated
sugar cookie
sugar cookies
sugar corn
sugar cube
sugar cubes
sugar daddies
sugar daddy
sugar diabetes
sugar glider

Literary usage of Sugar bowl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roaming Through the West Indies by Harry Alverson Franck (1920)
"CHAPTER IV THE WORLD'S sugar bowl CUBA produces more sugar than any other country in the world. During the season which had just begun at the time of our ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
"The cream was on, so was the sugar-bowl, and Aunt Ann was just going to summon her guests, when she happened to think to lift the sugar-bowl cover and peep ..."

3. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by [Anonymus AC02789944] (1919)
"Dreams about Minetti and his London neighbor and the empty sugar-bowl. ... Fernet drew the cracked sugar- bowl from under his arm. ..."

4. The Bookman (1909)
"But lately, I have had the sugar-bowl set before me without sugar-tongs and ... When there are no sugar-tongs depending from the side of the sugar-bowl, ..."

5. City Homes on Country Lanes: Philosophy and Practice of the Home-in-a-garden by William Ellsworth Smythe (1921)
"... XV THE HONEYBEE AND THE SUGAR-BOWL "Eat thou honey because it is good." Solomon. OF all the intensive folk, born for the comfort of the garden home, ..."

6. The Story Hour Readers by Ida Coe, Alice Christie Dillon (1913)
"He lived with Mrs. sugar bowl. Dish said, "Please give me some ice cream! ... Mrs. sugar bowl called to the Maid. She said, "Dish ran away with Little Spoon ..."

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