dishful

[dish-fool]

noun

plural

dishfuls 

1. the amount that a dish will hold.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dishful¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.’

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"My dear," she cried, "see what you are doing! now I shall have to pick over the whole dishful!"

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Sometimes a present was bestowed upon the one who ate his dishful first.

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"Whatever maiden passeth here," replied the knight, "must give a dishful of her blood from her right arm."

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