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soupful

soupful noun: as much as soup has.

Noun

soupful (plural not attested)

  1. (figuratively, no plural, rare) As much as soup has.
    • Soupful of Energy1957 November 21, Mrs. Howard Slade, “A Smart Homemaker Says: Here Are Grounds For Good Syrup”, in The Miami News, Miami, Fla., page 5B
    • A soupful of tears at dinner?1976 August 30, Howard Moss, “Notes from the Castle”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: The New Yorker Magazine, Inc., page 36

Examples of soupful in a sentence

  • “You have a soupful of nasty stuff,” County Commissioner Cliff Barnes said.1998 April 29, Scott Hovanyetz, “County gets dredging advice”, in Fort Pierce Tribune, page B1:
  • His trailer smelt horrible, it had the stench of soggy cheap plywood that had been soaked in a soupful of turds.2018, Ed Wagemann, edited by Anne Moss, Gentrification: The Early Works of Ed Wagemann, →ISBN, page 56:

Origin of soupful

From soup + -ful.

Questions about soupful

What does soupful mean?
Soupful means as much as soup has.
How do you use soupful in a sentence?
“You have a soupful of nasty stuff,” County Commissioner Cliff Barnes said.
What part of speech is soupful?
Soupful is a noun.

Words near soupful in the dictionary

  1. souperism
  2. soupers
  3. soupes-maigres
  4. soupfin
  5. soupfins
  6. soupful
  7. soupier
  8. soupiest
  9. soupified
  10. soupifies
  11. soupify

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