mouthful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ UK /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
an amount of food or drink that fills the mouth; a long or hard-to-say word

He took a mouthful of soup and declared it perfect.

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1 noun · an amount of food or drink... bite morsel gobbet spoonful taste

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Related forms mouth

Etymology

A compound of mouth + -ful; mouth from Old English mūþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment- ('to chew').

mūþ Old English *munþaz Proto-Germanic

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Describing Qualities Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

# mouthful

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

## Meanings
1. an amount of food or drink that fills the mouth; a long or hard-to-say word

## Examples
- He took a mouthful of soup and declared it perfect.

## Synonyms
- bite
- morsel
- gobbet
- spoonful
- taste

## Related Forms
- mouth

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mūþ
- Root: *munþaz

## Etymology
A compound of mouth + -ful; mouth from Old English mūþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment- ('to chew').

## AI Etymology
Mouthful is a compound of mouth + -ful; mouth from Old English mūþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment- ('to chew'). The etymological trail includes Old English mūþ and Proto-Germanic *munþaz. As a noun, mouthful means an amount of food or drink that fills the mouth; a long or hard-to-say word. The same family is visible in related forms such as mouth. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

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

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