cupful
[ kuhp-fool ]
noun,plural cup·fuls.
the amount a cup can hold.
Cooking. a volumetric measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters); half pint.
Origin of cupful
1usage note For cupful
1. See -ful.
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How to use cupful in a sentence
She poured out another cupful, and began to drink it without putting in milk or sugar.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensThen Jess cut a wonderful m while Violet sewed the primer down the back, and gathered a cupful of blackberries.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerSeveral steamers passed us during the trials, and these were shipping tons of water, while we did not take a cupful.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.Pouring out a scant cupful of water into his hat, Average Jones handed it over.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsThere is a cupful of porridge also with the coffee, paid for by deduction from our pay, so that one starts in good fettle.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine Childers
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