spongefuln.
/ˈspʌndʒfʊl/ As much as fills a sponge.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things
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1867 J. MacGregor Rob Roy on Baltic 243 We ran the canoe into a mass of tall reeds, to see if she had got any water. There were only three spongefuls.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. ii. iv. 537 A spongeful of warm water.
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