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

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Etymology

Origin of pitcherful

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

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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

Among other things, this unfortunate child had to go twice a day to draw water more than a mile and a half from the house, and bring home a pitcherful of it.

From The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 by Charles Welsh

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

"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

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

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

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

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

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