dishful

American  

[dish-fool] / ˈdɪʃ fʊl /

noun

dishfuls plural

1. the amount that a dish will hold.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dishfuls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dishful

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at dish, -ful

Example Sentences

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dishful dishfuls

You might try the legs stir-fried with asparagus, the luscious shell-meat and roe on a dishful of quivering tofu, or a hairy crab version of Shanghai's most famous steamed dumpling, the xiao long bao.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2012

Here's a nice dishful for you and the girls.—Pitch in, twins, and help yourselves.

From Prudence of the Parsonage by Hueston, Ethel

In a few minutes the ugly flat dishful began to bloom quite freshly.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Why there’s enough cream in this situation to make a dishful of meringues.

From Miss Mapp by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)

As she, however, went on asking, her Step-mother said: ‘Well, I have thrown a dishful of lentils into the cinders, if you have picked them all out in two hours you shall go with us.’

From Snowdrop and Other Tales by Grimm, Jacob

Also a careful digger could throw a handful of gold in a tub of dirt, and, washing it off in dishfuls, recover practically every colour.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry

The rain soon came down,—not in drops, but dishfuls.

From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne