dustpanful

Thân thiện

She sweeps a dustpanful of dirt into the trash can.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quantity that a dustpan will hold: A unit of measure referring to the amount of material, typically dirt or debris, that can be contained within a single dustpan.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • After sweeping the floor, she collected a full dustpanful of crumbs and dirt.
  • It took three dustpanfuls of sawdust to clean up the mess from the woodworking project.

Advanced Usage

• Used as a specific, informal unit of volume: While not a formal measurement, "dustpanful" is used colloquially to quantify swept-up debris.
  • The construction site generated at least a dozen dustpanfuls of plaster dust daily.

Variants and Related Words

• Dustpan (n): A flat pan with a handle into which dust and waste are swept from the floor.
  • He reached for the dustpan and brush to clean the broken glass.

Synonyms

• Panful: A quantity that fills a pan.
• Scoop: An amount taken up by a scooping implement.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the quantity that a dustpan will hold

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dustpan