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dropperful

dropperful

1 5.6
A small amount of liquid that fills a dropper once
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɒpərfəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cantidad de cuentagotas
  • He added a dropperful of liquid to the solution for better results.

Examples

  • Every four hours, we fed the baby a dropperful of sticky pink liquid, as directed on the box.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • We measured a dropperful of the medicine to ensure the proper dosage.

  • To treat the cough, she took a dropperful of syrup before bedtime.

Synonyms

syringeful
vsdropperful
8.1

An amount of liquid that fills a syringe

is for a single fill of a tool that dispenses liquid drop by drop
needleful
vsdropperful
7.8

A small amount of liquid that fills a needle for an injection

is used for a fill intended for measured doses rather than tiny injection amounts

How Much

cup
846 1.0
tablespoon
99 1.0
teaspoon
83 1.0
dropperful
  • Specialized
1 5.6
drop
349 1.0

Surface Forms

dropperful singular
dropperfuls plural

Morphology

dropperful = dropper (transparent) = dropper + ful

Formed by adding the quantity-forming suffix '-ful' to 'dropper', meaning 'an amount that fills a dropper', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Dropperful comes from dropper, a small tool that makes or holds a 'drop' of liquid, and the ending -ful which means 'full of'. So, fill a dropper until it is full and you have a dropperful, the small measured amount used for medicine or chemicals.