soup-bowlful
soup-bowlful noun: enough to fill a soup bowl.
Noun
soup-bowlful (plural soup-bowlfuls or soup-bowlsful)
- 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
| plural | soup-bowlfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | soup-bowlsful |
| alternative form | soupbowlful |
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.
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