kettleful
English
Etymology
- from kettle + -ful
Noun
kettleful (plural kettlefuls or kettlesful)
- An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.
- 1922, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Stories:
- Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.
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Translations
amount
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