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Meaning of fishbowl

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fishbowl

noun

Definitions

  1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.

  2. (by extension) Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.

  3. A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules.

  4. The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.