US /ˈɡlæsfʊl/ UK /ˈɡlɑːsfʊl/
noun Freq #138399

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the amount of liquid or other material that one drinking glass can hold

    He drank two glassfuls of water before continuing the climb.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the amount of liquid or... glassmeasure
Word family
Forms glassfuls
Derived forms glassfuls
Related forms cupfulspoonfulhandful

Etymology

From Middle English glas fulle, equivalent to glass + the measure-forming suffix -ful. In measure nouns of this kind, the standard plural is attached to the whole word: glassfuls.

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