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tureenful

tureenful noun: as much as a tureen will hold.

Noun

tureenful (plural tureenfuls or tureensful)

  1. As much as a tureen will hold.
    • “I was properly impressed. Most properly. I yawned openly. ‘Strict supervision, and play them off one against the other,’ said The Mussuck, shoveling down his ice by tureenfuls, I assure you. ‘That, Mrs. Hauksbee, is the secret of our Government.’”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 11

Forms of tureenful

pluraltureenfuls
pluraltureensful

Origin of tureenful

From tureen + -ful.

Questions about tureenful

What does tureenful mean?
Tureenful means as much as a tureen will hold.
What part of speech is tureenful?
Tureenful is a noun.
What is the plural of tureenful?
The plural of tureenful is tureenfuls.

Words near tureenful in the dictionary

  1. turducken
  2. turduckens
  3. Turdulian
  4. turdy
  5. tureen
  6. tureenful
  7. tureenfuls
  8. tureens
  9. tureensful
  10. Turell
  11. Tureni

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