panful
noun
the amount a pan can hold.
panfuls
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pluralof panful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I worked at a startup once and watched huge panfuls of food thrown into the garbage practically every day.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
The greenhorn scooped up panfuls of clean gold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereafter, whenever the moon was not full, Mr. Brown almost daily caused his chef to heat large panfuls of gold and silver coins as hot as possible on the galley stove.
From Time Magazine Archive
They washed several panfuls of dirt that morning.
From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Frank V. Webster
Yet, in order to make assurance doubly sure, he collected two more panfuls, and melting this he applied it as before.
From Lost in the Fog by James De Mille
