Meanings
plural cupfuls · plural cupsful
- The amount necessary to fill a cup.
Add a cupful of milk to the sauce.
1 more example
But as things were it was manageable enough, and we did not ship a cupful of water.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC - A half pint, i.e. eight ounces
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle Englishcopful
- Englishcupful
From Middle English copful, copfull, cupfulle, cuppefulle, equivalent to cup + -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kopful (“cupful”), West Frisian kopfol (“cupful”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque kikarakada
- kikarakadathe amount necessary to fill a cup
Bulgarian ча́ша
- ча́ша (čáša)the amount necessary to fill a cup
Finnish kupillinen
- kupillinenthe amount necessary to fill a cup
French tasse
- tassethe amount necessary to fill a cup
Hungarian csészényi
- csészényithe amount necessary to fill a cup
Irish lán cupáin
- lán cupáinthe amount necessary to fill a cup
Portuguese xícara
- xícarathe amount necessary to fill a cup
Russian ча́шка
- ча́шка (čáška)the amount necessary to fill a cup
Welsh cwpanaid, dysglaid
- cwpanaidthe amount necessary to fill a cup
- dysglaidthe amount necessary to fill a cup
Cite this entry
cupful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cupful
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