food bowl

food bowl (plural food bowls)

1. A bowl that is used to serve food, especially to pets.
   • 2006, Patty Dobbs Gross, The Golden Bridge: Selecting and Training Assistance Dogs for Children with Social, Emotional, and Educational Challenges:

     If your puppy guards his food bowl, you can help to discourage this unfortunate tendency by playing the following training game.

2. A region that has the conditions required to produce a large amount of food; a breadbasket.

• (region): breadbasket