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shoeful

shoeful

9.9
An amount that a shoe can hold
  • noun
  • /ˈʃuːfəl/
translation icon : cantidad de zapato
  • After the storm, I found a shoeful of sand inside my sneakers.

Examples

  • I found a shoeful of sand in my shoes after the trip.

  • He collected a shoeful of rocks from the beach.

  • A single shoeful of rice was all she needed for the experiment.

  • He poured out a shoeful of muddy water after hiking through the marsh.

  • He poured a shoeful of pebbles into the bucket after collecting them from the river.

  • After walking through the mud, she emptied a shoeful of sludge from her boot.

  • The child scooped up a shoeful of colorful leaves to use for his art project.

Synonyms

pocketful
vsshoeful
7 3.0

An amount of something that fills a pocket

is about how much a foot covering can hold
bagful
vsshoeful
4 1.1

An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies

is about how much a foot covering can hold
closetful
vsshoeful
1 3.7

A closet full of things like clothes or boxes

is about how much a foot covering can hold
hatful
vsshoeful
  • Informal
1 7.9

A large amount of something you can fit in a hat

is a literal measure of how much a foot covering can hold
purseful
vsshoeful
  • Archaic
1 8.9

An amount of small items like coins that fills a small bag

is about how much a foot covering can hold
containerful
vsshoeful
3.7

The amount that fills a container

refers to how much a small foot covering can contain
bootful
vsshoeful
  • UK
9.0

An amount that fills a car boot

is about how much a foot covering can hold

How Much

truckload
  • US
45 2.9
bucketful
4 1.8
shoeful
9.9
handful
81 1.0
pinch
13 1.0

Surface Forms

shoeful singular
shoefuls plural

Morphology

shoeful = shoe (transparent) = shoe + ful

The word is transparently derived from 'shoe' and the suffix '-ful', indicating the amount a shoe can hold.

Etymology

Shoeful is built like the common word handful, joining shoe and the ending -ful to mean 'the amount a shoe can hold'. Think of pouring rice or sand into a shoe — a single shoeful is simply as much as that shoe can contain.