bowlful
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Definition
Noun: - The quantity contained in a bowl: The amount of something that fills a single bowl.
Usage
- As a countable noun: Used to specify a serving or amount measured by a bowl.
- She ate a whole bowlful of cereal for breakfast.
- The recipe calls for one bowlful of chopped nuts.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative use for abundance: Can be used informally to emphasize a large, generous, or complete amount contained in a bowl.
- After the snowstorm, we had a bowlful of white flakes on the porch.
Variants and Related Words
- Bowl (n): The container itself.
- She placed the salad in a large wooden bowl.
- -ful suffix: A suffix forming nouns meaning "the amount that fills" (e.g., spoonful, handful, cupful).
Synonyms
- Bowl: (when referring to the container's capacity).
- Serving: (in the context of food).
Notes
- "Bowlful" is a specific unit of measurement based on the container. The actual volume can vary depending on the size of the bowl.
- It is typically written as one word ("bowlful"), though the hyphenated form "bowl-ful" is sometimes seen in older texts.
Noun
- the quantity contained in a bowl