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  • 61glassful — In the plural, care should be taken to distinguish glassfuls from glasses full. A glassful is an amount contained in a glass, and three glassfuls (e.g. of water) means three times this amount, though not necessarily held in three glasses. Three… …

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  • 62plurals of nouns — English nouns normally form their plurals by adding s, or es if the singular form ends in s, x, z, sh, or soft ch (as in church but not loch). Words in y form plurals in ies (policies) unless the ending is ey in which case the plural form is… …

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  • 63cup — [n] container for drinking beaker, bowl, cannikin, chalice, cupful, demitasse, draught, drink, goblet, grail, mug, potion, stein, taster, teacup, tumbler, vessel; concept 494 …

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  • 64кухоль мірний — кружка мерная cupful, measuring vessel Meβkrug, Meßkanne посудина для відбору проби рідини, зокрема суспензії, шламового потоку заданого об’єму для дослідження складу та якості твердого компонента, а також для прискореного визначення вмісту… …

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  • 65cup — [kup] n. [ME & OE cuppe < LL cuppa, altered < L cupa, tub < IE * keup , a hollow < base * keu , to bend, arch > COOMB, HUMP] 1. a small, open container for beverages, usually bowl shaped and with a handle 2. the bowl part of a… …

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  • 66containerful — noun the quantity that a container will hold • Hypernyms: ↑indefinite quantity • Hyponyms: ↑armful, ↑bag, ↑bagful, ↑barrel, ↑barrelful, ↑barrow, ↑ …

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  • 67Ful — noun a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages • Syn: ↑Fula, ↑Fulani, ↑Peul • Hypernyms: ↑West African * * * noun… …

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  • 68teacupful — noun as much as a teacup will hold • Syn: ↑teacup • Hypernyms: ↑containerful * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˌfu̇l noun (plural teacupfuls or teacupsful pˌfu̇lz, psˌfu̇l) Etymology …

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  • 69cupsful — plural of cupful …

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  • 70cup|ful — «KUHP ful», noun, plural fuls. as much as a cup can hold. In cooking, a cupful equals a half pint or 8 oz …

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