cupful
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English copful, copfull, cupfulle, cuppefulle, equivalent to cup + -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kopful (“cupful”), West Frisian kopfol (“cupful”).
Noun[edit]
cupful (plural cupfuls or cupsful)
- The amount necessary to fill a cup.
- Add a cupful of milk to the sauce.
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
- But as things were it was manageable enough, and we did not ship a cupful of water.
- A half pint, i.e. eight ounces
Translations[edit]
the amount necessary to fill a cup
a half pint — see half-pint
References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967