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bowlful

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n.1.the quantity contained in a bowl.
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Noun1.bowlful - the quantity contained in a bowlbowlful - the quantity contained in a bowl    
bowl
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
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bowlful [ˈbəʊlfʊl] n → bol m
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She gave me a large bowlful, of which I drank very heartily, and found myself well refreshed.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
I've had such a lovely walk in the May twilight; I stopped by the barrens and picked these Mayflowers; I came through Violet-Vale; it's just a big bowlful of violets now -- the dear, sky-tinted things.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
To-day, even, to Pollyanna's huge delight, she had said that she was glad Pollyanna brought calf's-foot jelly, because that was just what she had been wanting--she did not know that Milly, at the front door, had told Pollyanna that the minister's wife had already that day sent over a great bowlful of that same kind of jelly.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
 
 
 
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