cupful

[ kuhp-fool ]

/ ˈkʌp fʊl /

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noun, plural cup·fuls.

the amount a cup can hold.

Cooking. a volumetric measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters); half pint.

Origin of cupful

First recorded in 1350–1400, cupful is from the Middle English word cuppefulle.See cup, -ful

usage note for cupful

1. See -ful.

Words nearby cupful

cupellation, Cupertino, cupferron, Cup Final, cupflower, cupful, cup fungus, cuphea, cupholder, Cupid, cupidity

Example sentences from the Web for cupful

When the dish is full pour over it a cupful of milk and sift fine crumbs over the top, and add some more bits of butter.
The Fun of Cooking|Caroline French Benton
Soak a package of gelatine in a cupful of cold water and dissolve by gentle heat.
The Myrtle Reed Cook Book|Myrtle Reed
Tomato Soup with Vermicelli—Cook a cupful of broken vermicelli in a pint of boiling water for ten minutes.
Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
Then mix half a cupful of water and a spoonful of flour, and pour slowly into the boiling asparagus.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book|Victor Hirtzler

There's father out there taking a handful out of one sack and a cupful out of another.
Chiquita, an American Novel|Merrill Tileston