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cupful

[kuhp-fool]

cup·ful

[kuhp-fool]
noun, plural -fuls.
1.
the amount a cup can hold.
2.
Cookery. a volumetric measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters); half pint.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English cuppefulle. See cup, -ful


1. See -ful.

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Cupful is always a great word to know.
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cupful

noun
the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cup
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