eyecupful
eyecupful noun: the amount that an eyecup can hold.
Noun
eyecupful (plural eyecupfuls)
- The amount that an eyecup can hold.
- In eye troubles, however, the California Fluid Extract of Eucalyptus works miracles and should be used as a frequent eyewash, two drops of the fluid to an eyecupful of warm water.1916 January, O[toman] Z[ar-Adusht] H[a’nish], “Season Hints”, in Mazdaznan, volume 15, number 1, Los Angeles, Calif.: Mazdaznan Press, page 16
- Do you think anybody with an eyecupful of brains would stay here if he could get away?1919 March 8, Charles E. Van Loan, “The Hasher”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, number 36, Philadelphia, Pa.: Curtis Publishing Company, page 5, column 2
- Synonyms:
- eyebathful
Examples of eyecupful in a sentence
- Cleanse the eyes with clear water in an eyecup; or use a boric acid solution, or a few grains of salt added to the eyecupful of cold water.1927 June 5, Viola Paris, “Beauty and You: Do You Make the Most of Your Eyes?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., section “The Eyes...
- I had just finished the first appetizing eyecupful of wine when my waitress took the stopper out of the decanter and, with the prettiest gesture imaginable, asked me if I would have some more.1934 March, Alexander Woollcott, “How to Go to Japan”, in While Rome Burns, New York, N.Y.: While Rome Burns, published August 1936...
- They drink quantities of beer and also their own sake (rice wine) taken in eyecupfuls, thirty or forty of which will produce one of the pleasantest suspensions in the realm of alcohol.1936 September, “The Gentlemen of Japan”, in Fortune, page 59:
- If someone forgets to think fast and brings in a bottle the average drink he will get out of a 40 oz quart will be an eyecupful.1948 November 4, Tom Campbell, “Quebec-Labrador-Canada’s Iron Ore Jackpot”, in The Iron Age, volume 162, number 19, page 158, column 3:
Synonyms of eyecupful
Forms of eyecupful
| plural | eyecupfuls |
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Origin of eyecupful
From eyecup + -ful.
Questions about eyecupful
- What does eyecupful mean?
- Eyecupful means the amount that an eyecup can hold.
- How do you use eyecupful in a sentence?
- Cleanse the eyes with clear water in an eyecup; or use a boric acid solution, or a few grains of salt added to the eyecupful of cold water.
- What part of speech is eyecupful?
- Eyecupful is a noun.
- What is the plural of eyecupful?
- The plural of eyecupful is eyecupfuls.
Words near eyecupful in the dictionary
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