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
John CorrySynonyms
- 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
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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“Potful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potful. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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potful
noun
pot·ful
ˈpät-ˌfu̇l
: the quantity held by a pot
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