potful

noun

pot·​ful ˈpät-ˌfu̇l 

1

: as much or as many as a pot will hold

2

: a large amount

makes a potful of money

—John Corry

Synonyms

• abundance
• barrel
• basketful
• boatload
• bucket
• bunch
• bundle
• bushel
• carload
• chunk
• deal
• dozen
• fistful
• gobs
• good deal
• heap
• hundred
• lashings [chiefly British]
• lashins
• loads
• lot
• mass
• mess
• mountain
• much
• multiplicity
• myriad
• oodles
• pack
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plateful
• plenitude
• plentitude
• plenty
• pot
• profusion
• quantity
• raft
• reams
• scads
• sheaf
• shipload
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• store
• ton
• truckload
• volume
• wad
• wealth
• yard

Examples of potful in a Sentence

visitors to the theme park will have a potful of fun

Recent Examples on the Web

His parents flew to visit and make potfuls of soup. —Pedro Moura, latimes.com, 24 July 2017

Yerba and her colleagues melted gummies by the potful, dribbling the goo into glass cases to create color gradients and splotchy patterns. —Margaret Rhodes, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2015

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for potful

• thoughtful

Kids Definition

potful

noun

pot·​ful ˈpät-ˌfu̇l 

: the quantity held by a pot