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gourdful

gourdful noun: as much as a gourd wili carry.

Noun

gourdful (plural gourdfuls or gourdsful)

  1. As much as a gourd wili carry
    • Mother, make Harry bring me a gourdful fresh from the spring.1921, Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, Macaria
    • She had been milked only a few hours before, and so he got only a gourdful from her.1909, William Dean Howells, Boy Life

Examples of gourdful in a sentence

  • Cephas got a gourdful of water from the pail in the sink, and carried it carefully over to the table.1900, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Pembroke:
  • I had a grim sense of amusement on finding that the old woman was not deaf, for she went out, and presently came back with a gourdful, which I eagerly drank.1866, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866:

Forms of gourdful

pluralgourdfuls
pluralgourdsful

Origin of gourdful

From gourd + -ful.

Questions about gourdful

What does gourdful mean?
Gourdful means as much as a gourd wili carry.
How do you use gourdful in a sentence?
Cephas got a gourdful of water from the pail in the sink, and carried it carefully over to the table.
What part of speech is gourdful?
Gourdful is a noun.
What is the plural of gourdful?
The plural of gourdful is gourdfuls.

Words near gourdful in the dictionary

  1. gourd rattles
  2. gourde
  3. gourder
  4. gourders
  5. gourdes
  6. gourdful
  7. gourdfuls
  8. gourdification
  9. Gourdine
  10. Gourdines
  11. gourdiness

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