bowlful

American  

[bohl-fool] / ˈboʊl fʊl /

noun

• bowlfuls
  plural

1. as much as a bowl can hold.

   He ate two bowlfuls of soup.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bowlfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bowlful

First recorded in 1605–15; bowl ¹ + -ful

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bowlful bowlfuls

Serve them by the bowlful with cold drinks, or scatter them over tomato soup, chili, Caesar salad or roasted vegetables.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

"When I was a kid I used to eat champ by the bowlful, so trying to tie in a little bit of my upbringing there," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Yep, it’s the rigatoni — a homey bowlful of fennel-flecked sausage and tomato-slicked pasta that’s showered with salty pecorino cheese — that the Bidens ate.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023

Anyone still prone to balk at the expense — $10 to $16 per order — should note that each bowlful is 24 ounces.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2020

But if I had to eat a healthy breakfast, maybe thinking it was a bowlful of mini donuts wasn’t the worst thing in the world.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

To serve, cook 200g mixed berries with 20g sugar and pour over bowlfuls of the ice-cream, garnishing with fresh lemon thyme and a drizzle of olive oil.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2019

Berger suggests the twins gather photos of Beverly – and they go ahead and make a sort of homemade shrine and eat bowlfuls of raspberries alongside it.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2016

Like a wolf, I gorged—ate nineteen paper bowlfuls of chili.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Water in abundance was given us without payment, and they sold us fish dried in the sun, and some bowlfuls of sour milk, all at a reasonable price.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell

About ten more bowlfuls are needed, but these are poured by Mrs. Agelan without further ceremony.

From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser

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