Notation clarification: two vectors side by side in momentum equation (Euler equations / Navier Stokes)

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I'm back in mathematics / fluids after a fairly long break and feeling rusty. In the context of the Euler equations I sometimes see

$$ \mathbf{\nabla}\cdot \left(\rho \mathbf{U}\mathbf{U} \right) $$

I'm not sure what the correct interpretation of this notation is. I don't think its an implicit dot product (must be a vector inside the brackets?), nor is it a cross product ($\mathbf{U}\times\mathbf{U}=\mathbf{0}$).

You'd think this would be something I could look up, but apparently I didn't have much luck formulating the right search term to turn something useful up. I know this is likely a stupid / elementary question, so I 'd appreciate someone spelling it out for me. Thanks in advance.