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CAPFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capful mean?
• CAPFUL (noun)
The noun CAPFUL has 1 sense:
1. the quantity that a cap will hold
Familiarity information: CAPFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quantity that a cap will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("capful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
Context examples
A dosing measurement based on the capful unit.
(Capful Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
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