candy dish

Confection display bowl

A candy dish is a small decorative bowl or container for holding candies, typically displayed in living rooms or on office desks for guests to help themselves.

The term evokes a certain domestic hospitality: Grandma always kept her candy dish full of butterscotches.

In offices, a candy dish on someone's desk often signals approachability.

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treats · sweet tooth · chocolates · mints · grandmother · coffee table · lid · crystal · decorative · reception · front desk · parlor · living room · bonbons · jar · trinket · scoop · wrapper

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container function

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Small bathroom storage for remedies

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hospitality/offering

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Something kept exclusively

symbolic/cultural associations

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Dish holding fresh produce

medicine bottle · water pitcher

Family

candy, dish, candies, candied, dishes, dished, dishing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G