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

"Did you carry that pitcherful of water up to that room and set it on the washstand?"

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

They sold one glass for five cents, then Carol, who was always awkward, upset the whole pitcherful.

From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie

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

“Here’s the lemonade!” cried Ned, as Alice came in with a big pitcherful while the chums were examining Bart’s gun.

From Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City by Allen Chapman

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