Kettleful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.

    "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."

  2. 2
    the quantity a kettle will hold wordnet

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kettlekettlequantityvolume

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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."

Etymology

* from kettle + -ful

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