dishful

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈdɪʃfʊl/ UK /ˈdɪʃfʊl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the amount that a dish can hold

She set out a dishful of berries for the guests.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the amount that a dish can... platefulbowlful

Word family

Related forms dish

Etymology

From dish + -ful; dish from Old English disc ('plate, bowl'), a borrowing from Latin discus ('disc, dish'), from Ancient Greek diskos ('disc, quoit').

disc Old English discus Latin dískos Ancient Greek

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Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

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# dishful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪʃfʊl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪʃfʊl/

## Meanings
1. the amount that a dish can hold

## Examples
- She set out a dishful of berries for the guests.

## Synonyms
- plateful
- bowlful

## Related Forms
- dish

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disc
- Root: discus
- Root: dískos

## Etymology
From dish + -ful; dish from Old English disc ('plate, bowl'), a borrowing from Latin discus ('disc, dish'), from Ancient Greek diskos ('disc, quoit').

## AI Etymology
Dishful is from dish + -ful; dish from Old English disc ('plate, bowl'), a borrowing from Latin discus ('disc, dish'), from Ancient Greek diskos ('disc, quoit'). The ancestry passes through Old English disc, Latin discus, and Ancient Greek dískos. In present use as a noun, it means "the amount that a dish can hold", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include dish. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in dish, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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