dipperful
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8.7
- noun
- Many entomologists consider one larva per dipperful a serious mosquito problem in habitats such as rice fields.
Examples
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There's no shortage of Japanese guys who'll walk into the bathhouse, toss a single, quick dipperful of water onto their back, and then hop into the tub, barely even wet, let alone clean.
Blog text (34) -
"He produced a small flat medicine bottle, washed clean, ladled up a dipperful from the bubbling pot, poured it into the jar, and screwed on the cap.
Fiction book (1998) -
He drank a dipperful of the cold spring water.
Fiction book (1997) -
He drank a dipperful of the cold spring water.
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Dinner was rice and fish, washed down with a dipperful of barreled well water.
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"He produced a small flat medicine bottle, washed clean, ladled up a dipperful from the bubbling pot, poured it into the jar, and screwed on the cap.
Synonyms
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2.1
An amount of food that fits on a fork
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3.3
The amount of food or liquid that a ladle holds
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4.4
An amount that fills a pail
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5.6
A small amount of liquid that fills a dropper once
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3.3
An amount that fills a pan
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2.2
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
An amount that fits in the small pan used to collect dirt when sweeping
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Morphology
Etymology
Dipperful starts with dipper, a tool used to 'dip' out water or soup, and ends with -ful, meaning 'full of'. So a dipperful is simply the amount a dipper holds, like a 'cupful' or a 'handful', which is why it means the quantity that can be held by a dipper.