potful

[ pot-fool ]

noun

, plural pot·fuls.

1. the amount that can be held by a pot.

potful

/ ˈpɒtfʊl /

noun

1. the amount held by a pot

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of potful¹

1350–1400; Middle English. See pot ¹, -ful

Example Sentences

A very small bit of this chestnut grated into a kettle would make a potful of porridge.

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We should have been most thankful for a big potful of coffee, but there was no wood with which we could make a fire.

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When they cooked a dish of mush or a potful of porridge that was to do for all six of them, the child swallowed it all by himself.

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So, early this morning, I was called upon to contribute a shukka for another potful of the potent liquor.

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Pat had just concocted their potful of turtle soup, and had some yams roasting in the embers.

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