scoopful

[skoop-fool]

noun

plural

scoopfuls 

1. the amount that a scoop can hold.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scoopful¹

First recorded in 1715–25; scoop + -ful

Example Sentences

Then a scoopful from this pile gets "periodically" taken to the start of the sorting process.

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“Four should be plenty. Red ones. And get two scoopfuls of those chickadees.”

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“What ostensibly sank into the harbor? Is it more concentrated than your average scoopful of black mayonnaise?’

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He runs to get a scoopful of water and tries to hit Arwin.

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Conversation was drowned out by a growling loader machine that carried scoopfuls outside to a waiting dump truck.

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