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decanterful

decanterful noun: enough to fill a decanter.

Noun

decanterful (plural decanterfuls)

  1. Enough to fill a decanter.
    • After emptying a decanterful of water over his head, the Collector flung the decanter out of a window.1924, Ivan Sergeevich Shmelev, That which Happened, page 44
    • The clerk opened a cupboard to reveal half a decanterful of mayoral sherry, now grown viscous as treacle, groped on a lower shelf and produced the fur-collared overcoat the Mayor had left behind him on the snowy morning he vanished.1972, Angela Carter, The War of Dreams, page 62

Forms of decanterful

pluraldecanterfuls

Origin of decanterful

From decanter + -ful.

Questions about decanterful

What does decanterful mean?
Decanterful means enough to fill a decanter.
What part of speech is decanterful?
Decanterful is a noun.
What is the plural of decanterful?
The plural of decanterful is decanterfuls.

Words near decanterful in the dictionary

  1. decantations
  2. decanted
  3. decantee
  4. decantees
  5. decanter
  6. decanterful
  7. decanterfuls
  8. decanters
  9. decantherous
  10. decanting
  11. decantings

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