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bowl

circular, open-top container frequently used as tableware
Thing shape Q153988
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Summary

bowl is a shape[1]. bowl draws 1,008 Wikipedia views per month (shape category, ranking #10 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: tableware[3], container[4]
  • Commons category: Bowls (vessel)[5]
  • Said to be the same as: Bowl (vessel)[6]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[7], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[8]
  • Different from: porringer[9]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Food and drink[10], WikiProject Packaging[11], WikiProject Glass[12]

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Influence

Things named for bowl include Buddha bowl[13], a dish[14].

Why It Matters

bowl has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] bowl is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for bowl include Buddha bowl[13], a dish[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4178
    Instance of → shape
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4178, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q298197
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q298197, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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