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punchbowl¹

  • /ˈpʌnt͡ʃˌboʊl/ US

Where it comes from

From punch + bowl.

noun punchbowls · punch bowl

  1. A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).

Punchbowl²

Where it comes from

From punch bowl. From being a bowl-shaped valley.

* (New South Wales): The suburb of Punchbowl is named after the valley of Punch Bowl in neighbouring Belfield.

* (Korea): Coined by United Nations forces during the Korean War, when they fought a battle there.

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A valley in Belfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

    Similar: Punch Bowl, Punch Bowl Valley, Punchbowl Valley

  3. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in Canterbury-Bankstown, South West Sydney.
  4. A neighbourhood of Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
  5. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Punchbowl Crater: a volcano in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States.
  6. A valley in Yanggu, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Last week, on the front north of the Punchbowl, a whole battalion of marines—nearly 1,000 men—was moved to a mountainous front-line sector by helicopter, in the largest operation of its kind to date.

    Similar: Haean Basin

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noun punchbowl

Españolponchera
中文潘趣碗 pānqùwǎn, 潘趣大碗 pānqùdàwǎn
Portuguêsponcheira
DeutschBowle, Bowlenschüssel, Punschbowle

name Haenan Basin

한국어펀치볼 Peonchibol, 해안분지 Haeanbunji

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"punchbowl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/punchbowl. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

punchbowl. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/punchbowl

Chicago

"punchbowl." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/punchbowl.

BibTeX
@misc{punchbowl_2026,
  title = {punchbowl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/punchbowl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}