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capful

/ˈkæpfʊl/

capful noun: the amount that will fit into a cap.

Noun

capful (plural capfuls or capsful)

  1. The amount that will fit into a cap.
  2. A light puff of wind.
    • "I warrant you were frighted, wer'n't you, last night, when it blew but a capful of wind?"1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, page 9
    • " Last night, at sunset, there were plenty of the most respectable wind-clouds, but now there isn't a capful."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182

capful meaning in Bengali

capful in Bengali

এক টুপিতে যতটুকু ধরে, বাতাসের একটি হালকা ঝাপটা

Forms of capful

pluralcapfuls
pluralcapsful

Origin of capful

From cap + -ful.

Questions about capful

What does capful mean?
Capful means the amount that will fit into a cap.
What is capful in Bengali?
Capful in Bengali is এক টুপিতে যতটুকু ধরে, বাতাসের একটি হালকা ঝাপটা. See Capful meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is capful?
Capful is a noun.
How do you pronounce capful?
Capful is pronounced /ˈkæpfʊl/.
What is the plural of capful?
The plural of capful is capfuls.

Words near capful in the dictionary

  1. Capewells
  2. capewise
  3. capework
  4. capex
  5. Capexit
  6. capful
  7. capfuls
  8. capgaronnite
  9. Capgras
  10. Capgras delusion
  11. Capgras delusions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capful (page history and authors); capful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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