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scuttleful

scuttleful noun: enough to fill a scuttle.

Noun

scuttleful (plural scuttlefuls or scuttlesful)

  1. Enough to fill a scuttle.
    • a scuttleful of coal

Forms of scuttleful

pluralscuttlefuls
pluralscuttlesful

Origin of scuttleful

From Middle English skuttylfull; equivalent to scuttle + -ful.

Questions about scuttleful

What does scuttleful mean?
Scuttleful means enough to fill a scuttle.
What part of speech is scuttleful?
Scuttleful is a noun.
What is the plural of scuttleful?
The plural of scuttleful is scuttlefuls.

Words near scuttleful in the dictionary

  1. scuttlebutted
  2. scuttlebutting
  3. scuttlebutts
  4. scuttled
  5. scuttlefish
  6. scuttleful
  7. scuttlefuls
  8. scuttler
  9. scuttlers
  10. scuttles
  11. scuttlesful

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