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pouchful

pouchful noun: as much as a pouch can hold.

Noun

pouchful (plural pouchfuls or pouchesful)

  1. As much as a pouch can hold.
    • A pouchful of fluid will be found inside the scrotum.1907, J[oseph] E[dmund] Hodgins, T[homas] H[enry] Haskett, The Veterinary Science. (Revised and Enlarged.) The Anatomy, Diseases and Treatment of Domestic Animals; Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Dogs...
    • Now, in collecting the samples of Experiments C2, C4, C5, and C8 reported in Table IV, such a preliminary “washing out” of the pouch was not practiced as a routine procedure, although it happened several times as a result of the accidental loss of a pouchful of juice due to the pressure of the...1931, Franklin Hollander, George R. Cowgill, “Studies in Gastric Secretion”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume XCI, Baltimore, Md., page 174

Forms of pouchful

pluralpouchfuls
pluralpouchesful

Origin of pouchful

From pouch + -ful.

Questions about pouchful

What does pouchful mean?
Pouchful means as much as a pouch can hold.
What part of speech is pouchful?
Pouchful is a noun.
What is the plural of pouchful?
The plural of pouchful is pouchfuls.

Words near pouchful in the dictionary

  1. Poucher
  2. Pouchers
  3. pouches
  4. pouches of Morison
  5. pouchesful
  6. pouchful
  7. pouchfuls
  8. pouchier
  9. pouchiest
  10. pouching
  11. pouchings

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