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CUPFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cupful mean?
• CUPFUL (noun)
The noun CUPFUL has 1 sense:
1. the quantity a cup will hold
Familiarity information: CUPFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quantity a cup will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
cup; cupful
Context example:
he borrowed a cup of sugar
Hypernyms ("cupful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
Context examples
Not a cupful of water remained.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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