noun
Meaning 1
A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goldfish bowl
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
fish bowl
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goldfish bowl
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fishbowl, goldfish bowl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aquarium, fish tank, marine museum, bowl
noun
Meaning 6
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the president lives in a goldfish bowl
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: goldfish bowl, fishbowl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: situation, state of affairs
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 魚缸 /鱼缸 (jyu4 gong1) — bowl in which fish are kept
- Chinese Mandarin: 魚缸 /鱼缸 (yúgāng) — bowl in which fish are kept
- Esperanto: fiŝujo — bowl in which fish are kept
- Finnish: kalakulho — bowl in which fish are kept
- German: Fischglas — bowl in which fish are kept
- Korean: 어항 (eohang) — bowl in which fish are kept
- Polish: kuliste akwarium — bowl in which fish are kept
- Portuguese: aquário — bowl in which fish are kept
- Russian: аква́риум (akvárium) — bowl in which fish are kept
- Spanish: pecera — bowl in which fish are kept
- Turkish: fanus — bowl in which fish are kept