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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
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of potful was
in the 14th century
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“Potful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potful. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
potful
noun
pot·ful
ˈpät-ˌfu̇l
: the quantity held by a pot
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