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Noun: fishbowl  'fish,bówl
  1. A transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
    "The goldfish swam lazily around the fishbowl on the kitchen counter";
    - fish bowl, goldfish bowl
     
  2. A state of affairs in which you have no privacy
    "the president lives in a fishbowl";
    - goldfish bowl, fish bowl

Derived forms: fishbowls, fish bowl, fish bowls

Type of: aquarium, bowl, fish tank, marine museum, situation, state of affairs

Encyclopedia: Fishbowl