dropperful
1
5.6
A small amount of liquid that fills a dropper once
- noun
- /ˈdrɒpərfəl/
- Specialized
:
cantidad de cuentagotas
- He added a dropperful of liquid to the solution for better results.
Examples
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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.
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To treat the cough, she took a dropperful of syrup before bedtime.
Synonyms
needleful
vsdropperful
1
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
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
How Much
Surface Forms
dropperful singular
dropperfuls plural
Morphology
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.