punch bowl

noun

: a large bowl from which a beverage (such as punch) is served

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Pour eggnog into chilled 5-quart punch bowl. —

The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 23 Nov. 2020 Combine all ingredients in a pitcher or punch bowl. —

Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 Dec. 2022 Mix everything in a punch bowl. —

Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2022 Fed to take the punch bowl away? —

Alain Sherter, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2021 Stock prices are falling as the Federal Reserve takes its party punch bowl away and replaces it with kale smoothies. —

Brett Owens, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 But as inflation set in, the Fed began to take away the proverbial punch bowl, raising interest rates and unwinding its bond-buying mechanism that had propped up the market. —

Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022 In a large punch bowl, combine the lemon juice, half the cranberry syrup, the vodka, and the Champagne. —

Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2022 Place the peels into the punch bowl with the sugar. —

Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 6 Jan. 2023 See More

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