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Definition of finger bowl noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

finger bowl

noun

/ˈfɪŋɡə bəʊl/

/ˈfɪŋɡər bəʊl/

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a small bowl of water for washing your fingers during a meal
- I put down the chicken bone and rinsed my fingers in the finger bowl.
Topics Cooking and eatingb2

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