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

1. the quantity contained in a bowl