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 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
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 23 Sep. 2023.
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potful
noun
pot·ful
ˈpät-ˌfu̇l
: the quantity held by a pot
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