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soup-bowlful

soup-bowlful noun: enough to fill a soup bowl.

Noun

soup-bowlful (plural soup-bowlfuls or soup-bowlsful)

  1. Enough to fill a soup bowl.
    • Serve big soup-bowlfuls of this stuff.1969, Alice May Brock, “Lamb Bake”, in Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, “Recipes” section, chapter 8 (Lamb), page 76
    • The recipe below, which he uses in his restaurant, was his great-grandfather’s and incorporates his grandmother’s method for working out how much water to use: two soup-bowlsful of the size you are going to serve per person, plus one for the pot.2008, Rohan Daft, “Caldereta de Llagosta (Menorcan Spiny Lobster Stew)”, in Menú del Día: More Than 100 Classic, Authentic Recipes From Across Spain, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, chapter...

Forms of soup-bowlful

pluralsoup-bowlfuls
pluralsoup-bowlsful
alternative formsoupbowlful

Origin of soup-bowlful

From soup bowl + -ful.

Questions about soup-bowlful

What does soup-bowlful mean?
Soup-bowlful means enough to fill a soup bowl.
What part of speech is soup-bowlful?
Soup-bowlful is a noun.
What is the plural of soup-bowlful?
The plural of soup-bowlful is soup-bowlfuls.

Words near soup-bowlful in the dictionary

  1. soup-and-fish
  2. soup-and-fish suit
  3. soup-and-fish suits
  4. soup-and-fishes
  5. soup-bowl
  6. soup-bowlful
  7. soup-bowlfuls
  8. soup-bowls
  9. soup-bowlsful
  10. soup-shaped
  11. soup-to-nuts

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