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thermosful

thermosful noun: the amount necessary to fill a thermos flask.

Noun

thermosful (plural thermosfuls)

  1. The amount necessary to fill a thermos flask.
    • When, her face green, Louise wailed to him: 'This takes all the gilt off the gingerbread!' he not only consoled her with words, but, a practical man, provided thermosfuls of soup for her to take to work, homemade vegetable soup which soothed her ominously lurching stomach.1994, Hazel Hucker, A Dangerous Happiness, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, published 1996, →ISBN, page 172
    • The advance of the sakura is tracked, as Will Ferguson puts it, 'with a seriousness usually reserved for armies on the march', and its arrival in a region is celebrated with extempore haiku, and thermosfuls of saké.2000 August 27, Robert MacFarlane, “The trail of cherry blossom, cowsex and saké”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Forms of thermosful

pluralthermosfuls

Origin of thermosful

From thermos + -ful.

Questions about thermosful

What does thermosful mean?
Thermosful means the amount necessary to fill a thermos flask.
What part of speech is thermosful?
Thermosful is a noun.
What is the plural of thermosful?
The plural of thermosful is thermosfuls.

Words near thermosful in the dictionary

  1. thermoses
  2. thermoset
  3. thermosets
  4. thermosettable
  5. thermosetting
  6. thermosful
  7. thermosfuls
  8. thermoshaker
  9. thermoshakers
  10. thermosiphon
  11. thermosiphons

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