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forkful

forkful

3 2.1
An amount of food that fits on a fork
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔrkˌfəl/
translation icon : tenedorada
  • Each forkful of the creamy pasta was bursting with flavor.
  • forkful of cake
  • forkful of food
  • forkful of pasta

Examples

  • "How do you get those things?" she asked, a forkful of pasta poised in front of her lips.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The food was too hot to eat, but she shoved in a forkful anyway.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Her shaking hands raise a forkful of eggs to his lips.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I stopped with a forkful of veal halfway to my mouth.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Hank reluctantly places a forkful of potatoes in his mouth.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Darlene beams as each forkful disappears into his mouth.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • When I did, Hester Sarah opened her eyes and lifted a forkful of creamed corn to her mouth.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The Ethiopian waitress brought Nolan's order and watched as he tasted a forkful of pie.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Having waited, Gretchen lifted a forkful to her lips, winced, but found it blander than she'd expected.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • He took a forkful of mashed potatoes and smiled at the delicious taste.

Synonyms

mouthful
vsforkful
59 1.6

An amount of food or drink you can put in your mouth at once

is measured by what fits on a pronged eating tool rather than by oral capacity
spoonful
vsforkful
26 1.0

An amount of something that fills a spoon

is the amount placed on a small pronged eating tool at one time

How Much

plateful
2 2.3
serving
104 1.0
mouthful
59 1.6
forkful
3 2.1
bite
302 1.0

Surface Forms

forkful singular
forkfuls plural

Morphology

forkful = fork (transparent) = fork + ful

A straightforward noun formed from 'fork' with '-ful' meaning an amount that fills the fork; learners can derive the sense from the base.

Etymology

The word forkful is made from fork and the ending -ful, which here means 'an amount' or 'full of'. Like handful or mouthful, a forkful is the amount that fills a fork, so it means 'an amount of food on a fork'.