dishful - Glite Dictionary

Examples

He brought over a dishful of fresh fruit from the kitchen.
I was given a dishful of soup to start the meal.
She served a dishful of pasta.
Can you bring a dishful of salad to the picnic?
She served a dishful of pasta to each guest at the dinner table.
He filled the bowl with a dishful of salad for the picnic.
At the family gathering, everyone enjoyed a dishful of homemade stew.

Synonyms

dish

vsdishful

4 1.0

An amount of food served to one person

is the term for the same quantity but labels the measure itself

plateful

vsdishful

2 2.3

A plate filled with food

is the general container capacity term rather than that flat surface amount

bowlful

vsdishful

1 2.2

An amount of something that fills a bowl

is a general container capacity term, not specific to deep vessels

trayful

vsdishful

1 4.1

An amount that fills a tray

is about single serving container capacity, not capacity for many items

glassful

vsdishful

1 1.4

An amount that fills a glass

is the general container capacity term rather than that drinking measure

tablespoonful

vsdishful

1 1.1

An amount that fills a tablespoon used for cooking or medicine

is a broader container capacity term, not a precise spoon measure

tableful

vsdishful

1 3.5

A large amount of food or many guests for a meal

is about single container capacity, not counts of people or items

scoopful

vsdishful

1 2.3

The amount a spoon or small shovel can hold

is the general container capacity term for whole serving containers

mugful

vsdishful

1 3.8

An amount of liquid that fills a mug

is the general container capacity term, not tied to handled cups

soupful

vsdishful

2.0

An amount of soup that fills a spoon or bowl

is the general container capacity term, not specific to liquids

How Much

trayful

1 4.1

dishful

1 6.7

plateful

2 2.3

bowlful

1 2.2

cupful

2 1.7

spoonful

24 1.0

Surface Forms

dishful singular

dishfuls plural

Morphology

dishful = dish (transparent) = dish + ful

The meaning is the regular container-measure reading 'a quantity that fills a dish', formed by productive suffix '-ful' added to 'dish'.

Etymology

Dishful comes from the simple word dish, meaning a plate or bowl, plus the ending -ful, meaning 'full of', just like in cupful. So, a dishful is the amount that fills a dish, for example a bowl of soup.