A bowl is a spherical dish or container typically used to serve hot and cold food, or in food preparation, in many cultures . Bowls are normally round but can be any shape including square or rectangular. Bowls used for storing non-food items range from small bowls used for holding tips at a coffee shop to large bowls used for storing DVDs or CDs.
Bowls may be are typically small and shallow, as in the case of bowls used for single servings of soup or cereal. Some bowls, such as punch bowls, serving bowls, fruit bowls and salad serving bowls, are larger and often intended to serve many people. At the extremes of the shape there is some overlap with cups, for example in tea bowls and with plates or dishes with raised extremities, such as soup plates. "Cup" is typically used for drinking vessels taken to the mouth, but this includes many shapes that would otherwise be called "bowls", or are.
The British/American standard soup bowl has a mouth, the opening not including the extent of its lip, with a diameter of 18.5 centimetres, and should be able to adequately accommodate at least 24 ounces of liquid.
Modern bowls can be made of ceramic, metal, wood, plastic, and other materials. Bowls have been made for thousands of years. Very early bowls have been found in China, Ancient Greece, Crete and in certain Native American cultures.
As an inspiration for you if you want to make or buy, here we show 100 interesting bowl design ideas.
