rice bowl

English

Etymology

From rice +‎ bowl.

Noun

rice bowl (plural rice bowls)

  1. A small bowl from which rice is typically eaten.
  2. (figurative) A region that produces abundant rice.
  3. A dish (typically eaten from a bowl) of which rice is a primary ingredient, such as donburi.
  4. (figurative) A person's livelihood or source of income.
  5. (slang) A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.

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