kettleful

English

Etymology

• from kettle +‎ -ful

Noun

kettleful (plural kettlefuls or kettlesful)

1. An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.
   • 1922, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Stories‎^[1]:

     Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

Translations

amount

• Finnish: kattilallinen
• Interlingua: caldierata
• Italian: calderata
• Spanish: caldeirada