shoeful
- noun
- /ˈʃuːfəl/
:
cantidad de zapato
- After the storm, I found a shoeful of sand inside my sneakers.
Examples
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I found a shoeful of sand in my shoes after the trip.
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He collected a shoeful of rocks from the beach.
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A single shoeful of rice was all she needed for the experiment.
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He poured out a shoeful of muddy water after hiking through the marsh.
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He poured a shoeful of pebbles into the bucket after collecting them from the river.
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After walking through the mud, she emptied a shoeful of sludge from her boot.
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The child scooped up a shoeful of colorful leaves to use for his art project.
Synonyms
7
3.0
An amount of something that fills a pocket
4
1.1
An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies
1
3.7
A closet full of things like clothes or boxes
1
7.9
A large amount of something you can fit in a hat
1
8.9
An amount of small items like coins that fills a small bag
The amount that fills a container
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.