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potful

American  
[pot-fool] / ˈpɒt fʊl /

noun

  • potfuls
    plural
  1. the amount that can be held by a pot.


potful British  
/ ˈpɒtfʊl /

noun

  1. the amount held by a pot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of potful

1350–1400; Middle English. See pot 1, -ful


Example Sentences

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They’re brewed here by the potful, along with Bold Black Mamba — a nod to “Kill Bill” — plus cold brew and sweetened coffee concoctions such as lavender vanilla, raspberry mocha and butterscotch caramel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Make a potful this afternoon, and then eat it all week long.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023

Although a few markets saw small declines, others, such as Nyanya, saw the price of a potful jump by nearly 16 percent.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021

In Korea, the dish has a name—san nak ji—and in Flushing, Queens, there is a Korean restaurant that serves it, along with a potful of other live sea creatures, which are quickly simmered to their demise.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 3, 2014

There was a potful of freshly made coffee warming on the stove and someone had set a pitcher of real cream in the middle of the table.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

On a recent Lenten Friday, Ms. Lopez Patrykus scooped potfuls of pico de gallo into a large container of lentil soup.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

There are potfuls of Muslims, Episcopalians, Baptists, Jews and even Buddhists who would benefit from a genuine self-assessment and application of a "No Gossip" rule in their homes, places of worship, boardrooms, and workplaces.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2014

Thanks to my lazy, gluttonous father, we lived a life of extremes, with potfuls of meat on the stove during good times and empty pots during the bad.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2012

More and more marriages have been encouraged by depressed stock prices and banks that seem almost eager to lend potfuls of money for mergers.

From Time Magazine Archive

After “puddling out” a few potfuls of the pay dirt, we decided to move the cradles.

From Gold by Stewart Edward White

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