lakeful

English

Etymology

lake +‎ -ful

Noun

lakeful (plural lakefuls or lakesful)

1. the amount that a lake can hold.
   • 1972, Faruk Sümer, Ahmet E. Uysal, Warren S. Walker, The Book of Dede Korkut: A Turkish Epic, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     Make a lakeful of koumiss; and give a magnificent feast.

   • 1996, Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton, Gandhi: Selected Political Writings, Hackett Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:

     A drop of water must yield to the analyst the same results as a lakeful.

   • 2006, Zhilin Bian, The carving of insects, page 42:

     Please look at this lakeful of misty rain like water soaking me through, as soaking through a bird's feather.