forkful

[ fawrk-fool ]

noun

, plural fork·fuls.

1. the amount a fork can hold.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of forkful¹

1635–45; fork + -ful, probably on the model of spoonful

Example Sentences

Every delicious first forkful makes me remember the countless iterations I have both been served, as well as made for myself, over the last forty-plus years of my life.

From Salon

“Thanks, Uncle Solly,” Jackson said as he shoveled the first forkful into his mouth.

From Literature

“I love eating,” she says, taking a forkful of her miso salmon.

From Los Angeles Times

These tiny worms twist together by the thousands to form tightly packed blobs reminiscent of a forkful of squirming spaghetti.

From Scientific American

Some even say that a well-made pasta dish, where the noodles and sauce have become one, isn’t going to splatter around the table and onto your shirt as you pick up a forkful.

From Washington Post