kitchenful

English

Etymology

kitchen +‎ -ful

Noun

kitchenful (plural kitchenfuls or kitchensful)

1. As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
   • 1953 January 27, “Say good-bye to all this… with a clothes dryer”, in The Bastrop Daily Enterprise, volume LI, number 98, Bastrop, La., section two, page four:

     Good-bye to kitchensful of slapping clothes in rainy weather

   • 1966 April 11, “Register for a kitchenful of Electric Appliances”, in The Minneapolis Star, volume LXXXVIII, number 117, page 11A:

     Now through May 14th — 50 Electric Appliances (5 kitchensful) will be given away.

   • 1971 January 11, Andrew H. Malcolm, “Shift of Tax Burden Sought”, in The New York Times, page 67:

     Kitchensful of Data / It is headed by Dr. Roe L. Johns, an energetic, 70‐year old professor at the University of Florida, and it operates from four small rented apartments where mounds of research data that will eventually affect the lives of millions of pupils are stacked on kitchen shelves and tables.

   • 1975 October 19, Rod Cockshutt, “Bein’ In the Kitchen With Julia: It’s Child’s Play”, in The News and Observer, volume CCXX, number 111, Raleigh, N.C., section IV, page 6:

     There are a couple of kitchensful of people who have gone out and bought Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the two volume set which Mrs. Child co-authored, and thereupon pronounced themselves ready and able to master the most monumental mousse.

   • 1997, Colin Fletcher, “Sources”, in River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 11:

     Choosing among kitchensful of freeze-dried foods for convenience, toxicity and, above all, nutritional value.