slop bowl

1. 1.

   a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table

   Synonymsslop basin

   Broaderbowl

   United Kingdom

Questions about slop bowl

What does slop bowl mean?

slop bowl means "a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table".

What is another word for slop bowl?

Close synonyms include slop basin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slop bowl a common word?

slop bowl is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.