# slop-bowl

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Part of a traditional tea set, used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea. Usually pottery or silver.
2. A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
3. A large teacup, used especially at breakfast time

## Etymology
From slop + bowl.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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