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

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Etymology

Origin of dishful

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

‘Then bring a dishful, with coffee, bread, and whatever else adds to the breakfast, without adding to the bill.’

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various

The cost of a nice dishful will be about eighteen cents.

From Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six by Juliet Corson

Suppose you go down and tell Maria to have a large dishful for supper instead of what I have ordered.”

From A Dear Little Girl at School by Amy Ella Blanchard

When the curd is ready for the cheese-vat, put it in, without breaking it, by a dishful at a time, and fill it up as it drains off.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury

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

From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid

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 Henry Lawson

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