slop-bowl noun5 •Part of a traditional tea set, used to empty the cold tea and dregs in tea cups before refilling with hot tea. Usually pottery or silver. •One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea. •(disapproving) A subset of fast casual food served in bowls and marketed as being healthier alternatives. •(old-fashioned) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom. •(old-fashioned) A large teacup, used especially at breakfast time formsslop bowls · slop-bowls