palmful
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- noun
- /ˈpɑːmˌfʊl/
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puñado
- After digging in the garden, he washed his hands and found a palmful of dirt under his nails.
- holding a palmful
Examples
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At night, she bathed with candles scented with vanilla and creamed palmfuls of olive oil into her rich dark skin, making sure to slide the grease over every patch.
Fiction book (2002) -
When he told women what he did, they invariably reacted as if he’d just blown a palmful of pepper into their face.
Fiction book (1999) -
Here he offers his palmful of change.
Fiction book (2002) -
Give them a pawful, a palmful.
Fiction book (1998) -
I put a palmful of chiwda into my mouth and looked at the strip of wall between Rajesh's mother and father.
Fiction book (1998) -
He gathered palmfuls of snow.
Blog text (32) -
One of us reaches out and with an open hand lifts a palmful of that hair, which releases almost like a kiss the bright red blood it has absorbed.
Fiction book (1996) -
It was more like an apocalypse on a microcosmic scale: flaming Armageddon in a grain of sand, a white-hot palmful of the Big Bang.
Fiction book (1994) -
She scooped a palmful of rice to add to the pot for dinner.
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The child gathered a palmful of colorful seashells from the beach.
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Etymology
The word palmful comes from palm meaning 'the inside of your hand' and the ending -ful meaning 'a full amount'. It is like handful, but it specifically means an amount that fits in your palm, which is why a palmful is what you can hold in one hand.