dishful

Thân thiện

They served him a dishful of rice.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A dishful is the amount of something (typically food) that a dish or bowl can contain. It refers to the quantity that fills a single dish.

Usage

• The word dishful is a countable noun used to specify a serving or portion measured by the capacity of a dish.
• It is often used with "of" followed by the name of the food item.

Examples

• Noun:
  • She ate a dishful of strawberries for dessert.
  • The recipe requires about a dishful of chopped nuts.
  • He was so hungry he finished a whole dishful of stew.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used somewhat figuratively to describe an abundant amount of something that might fill a dish.
  • After the rain, there was a dishful of worms on the pavement.

Variants and Related Words

• Dish (n): The container (plate, bowl) itself.
• Plateful (n): The quantity that a plate will hold. (Very similar in meaning and usage to dishful).
• Bowlful (n): The quantity that a bowl will hold.
• Spoonful (n): The quantity that a spoon will hold.

Synonyms

• Serving
• Portion
• Helping

Notes on Meaning

• Dishful specifically implies the container is a "dish," which can be a plate, a shallow bowl, or a similar vessel used for serving food. It is a unit of measurement based on that container's capacity.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the quantity that a dish will hold
   • they served me a dish of rice

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dish