brushful

1 4.4

An amount of paint or glue a brush can hold at one time

noun
/ˈbrʌʃfəl/

: carga de cepillo

She applied a brushful of paint to the canvas for a vibrant effect.

Examples

With just one brushful of the cream, he covered the entire surface smoothly.
Now a brushful of purple.

Fiction book (1994)
The artist dipped the brush into the paint and loaded it with a generous brushful.

How Much

bucketful

3 1.8

cupful

2 1.7

brushful

1 4.4

spoonful

24 1.0

Surface Forms

brushful singular

brushfuls plural

Morphology

brushful = brush (transparent) = brush + ful

Standard measure/quantifying formation from the noun 'brush' plus '-ful', meaning 'an amount held or applied by a brush', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word brushful is made from brush and -ful, where -ful means 'full of'. So a brushful is the amount a brush can hold or apply at one time, like a spoonful or handful.