mouthful C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ UK /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an amount of food or drink... bitemorselgobbetspoonfultaste Word family Related forms mouth Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Food & Drink - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown