# rice bowl

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A small bowl from which rice is typically eaten.
2. 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. A person's livelihood or source of income.
5. A jealously defended institutional resource such as a program, project, or budget.

## Etymology
From rice + bowl.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rice-bowl