mixing bowl

Thân thiện

A baker pours flour into a large mixing bowl.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A bowl used for mixing ingredients: A mixing bowl is a deep, typically round container designed specifically for combining food components during cooking or baking preparation. It is commonly used with tools like spoons, whisks, or electric mixers.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She poured the flour and sugar into the large mixing bowl.
  • The recipe requires you to whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until fluffy.
  • He attached the dough hooks to the electric mixer and placed them in the mixing bowl.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in the mixing bowl": (figurative) to be in the process of being combined or developed.
  • Several innovative ideas are still in the mixing bowl for the new project.

Variants and Related Words

• Mixer (n): An electric appliance used for mixing foods, often used with a mixing bowl.
  • She used a stand mixer with a stainless steel mixing bowl.
• Bowl (n): A general round, deep dish or container.
  • He served the soup in a ceramic bowl.

Synonyms

• Combining bowl: A less common term for a bowl used to mix ingredients.
• Preparation bowl: A bowl used in the preparatory stages of cooking.

Related Phrases

• Mixing bowl set: A collection of mixing bowls in different sizes.
  • Her kitchen cabinet holds a nested mixing bowl set.

Related Idioms

• "Everything but the kitchen sink": (idiom) meaning almost everything imaginable has been included. This idiom is sometimes humorously associated with a mixing bowl being filled with many ingredients.
  • That stew has everything but the kitchen sink in it!

Học thuật

Noun

1. bowl used with an electric mixer