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inchful

inchful noun: a quantity that measures an inch.

Noun

inchful (plural inchfuls)

  1. A quantity that measures an inch.
    • Neither do they have to drink that inchful of sediment.1905, Life - Volume 45, page 216
    • If I am not mistaken, this nobleman, with an inchful of titles in the Red Book, was found dead in a bedroom somewhere in a small street off the Waterloo Road.1930, Sir Seymour Hicks, Between Ourselves, page 91

Examples of inchful in a sentence

  • "This wine is older than you are," he smiles, handing me an inchful in a large wineglass.1990, Dani Shapiro, Playing With Fire: A Novel:
  • the lost wing would still itch and the wine stay bitter in the glass—a mouthful of sin in an inchful of hell2016, Rita Dove, Collected Poems: 1974-2004:

Forms of inchful

pluralinchfuls

Origin of inchful

From inch + -ful.

Questions about inchful

What does inchful mean?
Inchful means a quantity that measures an inch.
How do you use inchful in a sentence?
"This wine is older than you are," he smiles, handing me an inchful in a large wineglass.
What part of speech is inchful?
Inchful is a noun.
What is the plural of inchful?
The plural of inchful is inchfuls.

Words near inchful in the dictionary

  1. inches along
  2. inches away
  3. inches back
  4. inches forward
  5. inches up
  6. inchful
  7. inchfuls
  8. Inchgarvie
  9. inchi
  10. Inchicore
  11. inching

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