Meaning

4 senses
  1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.

    a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept

  2. (broadly, figuratively)Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.

  3. (figuratively)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.

    Fischglas

    аква́риумakvárium

  4. (figuratively)The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. If you keep fish in a fish bowl, you should change the water at least once a week.

  2. Mennad was cleaning his fish bowl.

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  3. Mennad's fish bowl needs to be changed.

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  4. Mennad accidentally broke Baya's fish bowl.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
bowl in which fish are kept:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bowl in which fish are kept:

Forms

plural: fish bowls

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
RelatedaquariumC1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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