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waterglassful

waterglassful noun: as much as a water glass will hold.

Noun

waterglassful (plural waterglassfuls)

  1. As much as a water glass will hold.
    • […]add gently a table-spoonful of flour (stirring all the while), and a water-glassful of good stock, with salt and pepper;1876 February 14, “The Household. Recipes and Recommendations, Practical and Ornamental.”, in The Evening Star, volume 47, number 7,140, Washington, D.C.
    • A waterglassful, five fluid ounces, would hold in solution about 0.8 grains of strychnia.1905 March 4, “Found Poison in Water. Chemist Finds Strychnine in the Bottle of Poland Water.”, in Oakland Tribune, volume LXIII, number 11, Oakland, Calif., section “The Dose”, page 5

Examples of waterglassful in a sentence

  • Fasting stomach: two waterglassfuls of contents.1907, I[smar Isidor] Boas, translated by Albert Bernheim, Diseases of the Stomach, Philadelphia, Pa.: F. A. Davis Company, page 535:
  • He poured himself half a waterglassful of the whiskey out of the pint bottle which he had gone out to buy.1945, Raymond Chandler, Five Sinister Characters, Avon Book Company, page 57:
  • When the seeds begin to crackle—in about a minute—pour four waterglassfuls of cold water over them.1953, Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, page 29:
  • that settled her for a bit and we sat for a bit and we sat drinking down the waterglassfuls of wine, port.1972, Charles Bukowski, edited by Gail Chiarrello, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness, City Lights...

Forms of waterglassful

pluralwaterglassfuls

Origin of waterglassful

From water glass + -ful.

Questions about waterglassful

What does waterglassful mean?
Waterglassful means as much as a water glass will hold.
How do you use waterglassful in a sentence?
Fasting stomach: two waterglassfuls of contents.
What part of speech is waterglassful?
Waterglassful is a noun.
What is the plural of waterglassful?
The plural of waterglassful is waterglassfuls.

Words near waterglassful in the dictionary

  1. watergating
  2. watergirl
  3. watergirls
  4. waterglass
  5. waterglasses
  6. waterglassful
  7. waterglassfuls
  8. watergrass
  9. watergrasses
  10. waterguard
  11. watergun

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