cupful
51glassful — glass·ful || glæsfÊŠl / glÉ‘Ës n. cupful, full amount that a glass can hold …
52glassfuls — glass·ful || glæsfÊŠl / glÉ‘Ës n. cupful, full amount that a glass can hold …
53cup — noun 1》 a small bowl shaped container for drinking from, typically with a handle. ↘chiefly N. Amer. a measure of capacity used in cookery, equal to half a US pint (0.237 litre). ↘(in church use) a chalice used at the Eucharist.… …
54cup — n. 1. Chalice, beaker, goblet, bowl. 2. Draught, potion, cupful. 3. Lot, portion. 4. Cupping glass …
55cup — n 1. teacup, demitasse, Fr. tasse; Literary. chalice, goblet, wine glass; glass, beaker, tumbler, cannikin; can, mug, stein, tankard; wineskin, drinking horn or gourd, rhyton; bowl, Gk. and Rom. Antiquity. kylix; punch bowl, jorum, Gk. and Rom.… …
56measure — n 1. measurement, mensuration, met age. See measurement(def.1). 2. size, dimensions, proportions, expanse, extent, scope, range, spread, area; magnitude, amplitude, mass, bulk, volume; weight, quantity, capacity; bounds, duration, sum, aggregate; …
57portion — n 1. part, section, segment, division, proportion, majority, minority; piece, parcel, fragment, cantle, batch; sector, subdivision, detail, detachment; particle, scrap, morsel, bit, handful, cupful; slice, wedge, sliver, finger, rasher; cutting,… …
58scant — [[t]skænt[/t]] adj. scant•er, scant•est, v. adv. adj. 1) barely sufficient in amount or quantity; meager 2) almost as much as indicated: a scant cupful[/ex] 3) having an inadequate or limited supply (usu. fol. by of): scant of breath[/ex] 4) to… …
59cupcake — /ˈkʌpkeɪk/ (say kupkayk) noun a small cake baked in a cup shaped pan or paper patty pan. Also, cup cake. {originally US (1820s); from the notion that the ingredients were all measured by the cupful} …
60-ful — is a suffix forming nouns that denote amounts, as in cupful, handful, mouthful, etc. In many cases these nouns develop meanings that are remote from the word that forms the first element; for example, a handful means ‘a small number’ as well as… …
