bowlful

1 2.2

An amount of something that fills a bowl

noun
/ˈboʊlˌfʊl/

: tazón lleno

Already her fingertips were blackened with juice; she could pit a whole bowlful without looking.
a bowlful of jelly
eat a bowlful

Examples

I have a bowlful of pistachios in front of me, and half the bowl is gone.

Blog text (29)
I used to eat bowlfuls of the stuff with salt and pepper.

Blog text (16)
We have a generous bowlful of lemons, many more remaining unmentioned.

Academic text (2012)
She drops in some worm's wart, stirs the soup, then ladles out a bowlful.

Fiction book (1993)
After finishing my work, I treated myself to a warm bowlful of soup.
She added a bowlful of colorful vegetables to the salad for extra flavor.
The recipe called for a bowlful of rice to serve alongside the curry.

Synonyms

bowl

vsbowlful

203 1.0

An amount of food or drink for one serving

is the same meaning but uses a different word form

dishful

vsbowlful

6.7

An amount that fills a dish

refers to the same quantity but for a rounded eating vessel

containerful

vsbowlful

3.7

The amount that fills a container

is the same amount but applies only to one specific eating vessel

How Much

tubful

3.7

bucketful

4 1.8

bowlful

1 2.2

cupful

2 1.7

spoonful

26 1.0

Surface Forms

bowlful singular

bowlfuls plural

Morphology

bowlful = bowl (transparent) = bowl + ful

The meaning is directly derived from 'bowl' + the quantity-forming suffix '-ful' meaning 'an amount that fills'.

Etymology

Bowlful combines bowl and -ful, where -ful means 'full of'. So a bowlful is the amount that fills a bowl, like cupful or handful, which name amounts that fill a cup or a hand.