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

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

Five cents will cover the cost of frying them; and a nice dishful will cost you about eighteen cents.

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

No, Louis," Abe replied as he took a dill pickle from a dishful on the table, "I guess I won't have no soup to-day.

From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass

"Gott soll hüten, Mr. Gembitz," Henry added piously as the old man disposed of a dishful of gravy through the capillary attraction of a hunk of spongy rye bread.

From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass

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

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

From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid