Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wooden bowl in which meat and other foods are chopped.
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Examples
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Take a large handful of fresh green spinach, wash it, and remove decayed leaves only; drain well, then pound in a mortar or chopping-bowl until quite mashed.
Choice Cookery Catherine Owen
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A sharp steel knife and a small board must be used, not the chopping-bowl.
Choice Cookery Catherine Owen
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Then separate the meat from the bones, put in a large chopping-bowl, and season with pepper, salt, sage and summer savory.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette
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Before long a woman entered carrying an oblong chopping-bowl in which lay her chopping-knife.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales Clara Kern Bayliss
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Put the flour, butter, lard, and salt in the chopping-bowl and chop till well mixed.
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl Caroline French Benton
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Place them in a chopping-bowl and sprinkle over them sufficient salt and pepper to season them well; chop them all one way, then turn the chopping-bowl half way around and chop across them, cutting them into little square pieces the shape of dice.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette
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Suddenly she rose to her feet and slammed the chopping-bowl down upon the table.
McTeague 1920
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It had wings, though, and queer wings they were: shaped like an inverted chopping-bowl and covered with tough skin instead of feathers.
The Scarecrow of Oz Baum, L. Frank 1915
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Suddenly she rose to her feet and slammed the chopping-bowl down upon the table.
McTeague 1899
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It had wings, though, and queer wings they were: shaped like an inverted chopping-bowl and covered with tough skin instead of feathers.
The Scarecrow of Oz 1887
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