bowlful

American  

[bohl-fool] / ˈboʊl fʊl /

noun

• bowlfuls
  plural

1. as much as a bowl can hold.

   He ate two bowlfuls of soup.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bowlfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bowlful

First recorded in 1605–15; bowl ¹ + -ful

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bowlful bowlfuls

"When I was a kid I used to eat champ by the bowlful, so trying to tie in a little bit of my upbringing there," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

After waking before dawn on Catalina Island beneath a vast bowlful of stars, 100 elite athletes prepared to cross the open ocean to Manhattan Beach using only their arms for power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

Yep, it’s the rigatoni — a homey bowlful of fennel-flecked sausage and tomato-slicked pasta that’s showered with salty pecorino cheese — that the Bidens ate.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023

Indeed, the fun part of a congee party is setting out a spread of toppings to let everyone pick and choose what they like for their own bowlful of goodness.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2022

Except for a small bowlful of rice there seemed to be no other food in the place.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

To serve, cook 200g mixed berries with 20g sugar and pour over bowlfuls of the ice-cream, garnishing with fresh lemon thyme and a drizzle of olive oil.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2019

Berger suggests the twins gather photos of Beverly – and they go ahead and make a sort of homemade shrine and eat bowlfuls of raspberries alongside it.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2016

Like a wolf, I gorged—ate nineteen paper bowlfuls of chili.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Water in abundance was given us without payment, and they sold us fish dried in the sun, and some bowlfuls of sour milk, all at a reasonable price.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell

A person of ordinary capacity can scarcely take more than a few bowlfuls of the dish, but there are people brave enough to dispatch twenty or thirty at a time!

From A Japanese Boy by Shigemi Shiukichi

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