pitcherful

American  

[pich-er-fool] / ˈpɪtʃ ərˌfʊl /

noun

• pitcherfuls
  plural

1. the amount held by a pitcher.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pitcherfuls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pitcherful

First recorded in 1685–95; pitcher ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

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pitcherful pitcherfuls

She set the dining-room table with the good linen and silverware, collected fruit from the tamarind tree, and squeezed and strained a pitcherful of juice.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

One drop of muddy water does not show its pollution, but when you have a pitcherful of it you can see how thick it is.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren

We presume that few will thirst for another draught from this pitcherful of the Border Helicon; and—as time presses—we shall now push forward to the consideration of the remodelled poetry.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

"For the land sake, she hasn't used all that great pitcherful of water so quick?"

From The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

I went to a cottage near the road to ask for a draught, when a pitcherful was given to me that looked like pale coffee, and was vapid and unrefreshing.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

One of the young men modestly replied, 'Yes: we filled the cistern this morning; but it leaks, and requires a few pitcherfuls more.'

From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Thomas Hardy

From the balconies above were dashed down pailfuls and pitcherfuls of water.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates