Definition of Scoopful

1. Noun. The quantity a scoop will hold.

Exact synonyms: Scoop
Generic synonyms: Containerful
Derivative terms: Scoop

Definition of Scoopful

1. Noun. The quantity in a scoop. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scoopful

1. as much as a scoop will hold [n SCOOPFULS or SCOOPSFUL]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoopful

scooged
scooging
scoogs
scoop
scoop out
scoop shot
scoop shovel
scoop up
scoop wheel
scoop wheels
scoopable
scooped
scooped up
scooper
scoopers
scoopful (current term)
scoopfuls
scooping
scooping up
scoopings
scooplike
scoops
scoops up
scoopsful
scoopstone
scoopstones
scoopula
scoopwheel
scoopwheels
scoot

Literary usage of Scoopful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute ... Annual Meeting by Lake Superior Mining Institute (1917)
"The sampler starts the round at one side in the bottom of the trench, where a scoopful is taken, and then measures up the face vertically, taking a scoopful ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Care shall be taken to see that each scoopful shall cover the entire face ... A small hand scoopful of 1 to 2 Ibs. shall be taken from each cart or barrow ..."

3. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1906)
"When the charcoal is well ignited, the first scoopful of carbon is added and ... The carbon should then be added a scoopful at a time, each scoopful being ..."

4. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1906)
"When the charcoal is well ignited, the first scoopful of carbon is added and ... The carbon should then be added a scoopful at a time, each scoopful being ..."

5. A Treatise on the Art of Weaving: Illustrated by Engravings with by John Murphy, of Scotland (1831)
"Then, for dark olive, take one scoopful of fustic, and one scoopful of ... and one scoopful of the logwood liquor, and mix them well together in a tub. ..."

6. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1918)
"On top of the mixture place a slice of preserved pineapple, a scoopful of orange water ice and decorate with a cherry or sprig of mint. ..."

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