canful

American  

[kan-fool] / ˈkæn fʊl /

noun

• canfuls
  plural

1. the amount that a can will hold.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• canfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of canful

First recorded in 1695–1705; can ² + -ful

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

canful canfuls

He took over an hour to eat the canful.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

Sylvia and Hester say that they must have a third each of this canful; but of course we can get a second can if we want it.”

From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by L. T. Meade

Thinks I, there’s power, and it’s mine—a canful of steam to a typhoon.

From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

Then he drew another canful and left it outside the door of the ladies' room, and strode off to Belême to see if the boats had got back to their anchorage.

From Pearl of Pearl Island by John Oxenham

Then he remembered that he had a canful with him, the one he had almost unconsciously snatched up when he started on his present errand.

From Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines by Kirk Monroe

Then the water is near spent, and they are forced to come to half allowance, till they save and drink greedily whole canfuls of the bitter rain water.

From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Charles Kingsley

The servant was staggering upstairs with two big canfuls of water; the task was beyond her strength.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte

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