Phrase guide

sugar bowl

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sucrier, sugar basin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The legal maxim that searches must be limited to areas which could reasonably contain evidence relevant to the purpose for which the search warrant was granted. (The maxim is often quoted as "if you are looking for stolen televisions, you cannot look in sugar bowls")

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a dish in which sugar is served

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُكَّرِيَّة (sukkariyya) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Armenian: շաքարաման (šakʻaraman) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Belarusian: цу́карніца (cúkarnica) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Bulgarian: захарни́ца (zaharníca) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Catalan: sucrera — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Danish: sukkerbøsse — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Esperanto: sukerujo — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Finnish: sokeriastia — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Finnish: sokerikuppi — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • French: sucrier — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Galician: azucreiro — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • German: Zuckerschale — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Greek: ζαχαριέρα (zachariéra) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Hungarian: cukortartó — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Ido: sukruyo — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Italian: zuccheriera — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Khmer: កៀន (kiən) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Kumyk: шекердан (şekerdan) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Latvian: cukurtrauks — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Macedonian: шеќерник (šeḱernik) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Norman: chucriyi — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Persian: قندان — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Polish: cukiernica — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Portuguese: açucareiro — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Romanian: zaharniță — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Russian: са́харница (sáxarnica) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Slovak: cukornička — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Spanish: azucarero — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Swedish: sockerskål — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Turkish: şeker kasesi — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Turkish: şekerlik — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Ukrainian: цу́корниця (cúkornycja) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Urdu: شَکَر دان (śakardān) — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table
  • Volapük: juegiär — small receptacle for serving sugar on a table