Saucepanful
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Enough to fill a saucepan.
"But if this method is preferred, after you have drawn off what liquid you can with the syphon without disturbing the sediment at the bottom of the vessel, for this will contain the gold, add three or four saucepansful of boiling water, each saucepanful being added separately, and allowed to cool each time and the water carefully syphoned off;[…]"
Example
More examples"But if this method is preferred, after you have drawn off what liquid you can with the syphon without disturbing the sediment at the bottom of the vessel, for this will contain the gold, add three or four saucepansful of boiling water, each saucepanful being added separately, and allowed to cool each time and the water carefully syphoned off;[…]"
Etymology
From saucepan + -ful.
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