panful
- noun
- /ˈpænfəl/
- For breakfast, she prepared a panful of scrambled eggs to feed the hungry guests.
Examples
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She baked a panful of cookies for the party, ensuring there were plenty for everyone.
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Just a simple nod, I think will make this a lot less panful, for us both.
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He'd throw a panful of chops up in the air, and they came down on the other side.
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After a long day, he served a panful of steaming vegetable stew to his family.
Synonyms
The amount of liquid or material that fits in a bucket
An amount that fills a tray
An amount of something that fills a bowl
The amount of food or liquid that a ladle holds
An amount that fills a pot
An amount that fills a pail
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Morphology
Etymology
Panful is made of pan and -ful, with -ful meaning 'full of'. So a panful is the amount that makes a pan 'full', which is why it means the amount that fills a pan.