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potful

potful

1 1.9
An amount that fills a pot
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑtˌfəl/
translation icon : olla llena
  • They cut up a potful of meat, boiling it over a fire of sticks.

Examples

  • She threw another potful of water and doused most of the fire.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You mean the greenhouse cliff? I mean the way we can help the global economy to recover from the staggering losses it's sustained—and make ourselves a potful of profits while we're doing it.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • "I could use a potful of profits," he said carefully.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Only if you roam around like a Marathi servant woman will they take you as one of their own, you fat potful of smartness, you.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She made a delicious potful of soup to share with her friends.

  • After dinner, we enjoyed a potful of herbal tea by the fireplace.

  • The recipe calls for a large potful of water to boil the pasta.

Synonyms

pot
vspotful
91 1.0

The amount of food or drink in a pot

has the same meaning but names the amount rather than the container
containerful
vspotful
3.7

The amount that fills a container

refers specifically to filling a cooking vessel not any container

How Much

barrelful
1 2.8
bucketful
4 1.8
potful
1 1.9
cupful
2 1.7
teaspoonful
1 1.0
drop
349 1.0

Surface Forms

potful singular
potfuls plural

Morphology

potful = pot (transparent) = pot + ful

The word 'potful' is transparently derived from 'pot' and the suffix '-ful', indicating an amount that fills a pot.

Etymology

The word potful is simply pot + ful, where ful means 'full'. Think of a pot filled to the top — a potful is the amount that fills a pot.