Noun: kettleful
| Singular | kettleful |
| Plural | kettlefuls; kettlesful |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1922, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Stories:]
Nouns inflected like kettleful
seaful,
kettleful,
pannikinful,
sipful,
beakful,
beltful,
chairful,
folderful,
momentful,
boatful,
bookful,
bootful,
cellarful,
bowlful,
morningful,
phoneful,
wheelbarrowful,
fingertipful,
barnful,
bathful, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
* from kettle + -ful