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

Derived forms: goldfish bowls

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