teacupful

American  

[tee-kuhp-fool] / ˈti kʌpˌfʊl /

noun

plural

teacupfuls

1. as much as a teacup will hold, equal to 4 fluid ounces (113 grams).

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Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of teacupful

First recorded in 1695–1705; teacup + -ful

Example Sentences

Thus a large kettleful of boiling water will evidently contain more heat than a teacupful, though both may be at the same temperature.

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Between them they give at most a teacupful of milk, and generally none.

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Into a teacupful of hot vinegar, in which has been dissolved sufficient sugar to make slightly sweet, add a handful of mint chopped quite fine.

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Put a teacupful of this in two gallons of drinking water.

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She made a pitiful little toilet with a teacupful of drinking water and her eau de cologne.

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