THIMBLEFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thimbleful mean? 

• THIMBLEFUL (noun)
  The noun THIMBLEFUL has 1 sense:

1. as much as a thimble will hold

  Familiarity information: THIMBLEFUL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIMBLEFUL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As much as a thimble will hold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

thimble; thimbleful

Hypernyms ("thimbleful" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

 Context examples 

You don't catch me tasting rum so much, but just a thimbleful for luck, of course, the first chance I have.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)