Definition of Teacupful

1. Noun. As much as a teacup will hold.

Exact synonyms: Teacup
Generic synonyms: Containerful

Definition of Teacupful

1. n. As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.

Definition of Teacupful

1. Noun. a unit of measure, the capacity or volume of a teacup ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teacupful

1. [n -CUPFULS or -CUPSFUL]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teacupful

teacheth
teachie
teachin'
teaching
teaching aid
teaching away
teaching certificate
teaching fellow
teaching hospital
teaching materials
teaching method
teaching reading
teachings
teachless
teacup
teacupful (current term)
teacupfuls
teacuplike
teacups
teacupsful
tead
teade
teades
teads
teaed
teagle
teagled
teagles
teagling
teahead

Literary usage of Teacupful

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

1. A Guide to the diseases of children by James Frederic Goodhart, Louis Starr (1885)
"At this time of life it should have five meals during the day, thus : At eight AM, a teacupful of warm milk thickened with a teaspoonful of Nestle's food, ..."

2. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1902)
"... as having been supplied to him by a fashionable Yedo druggist:—" Take three pints of water, and, having warmed it, add half a teacupful of wine. ..."

3. The complete herbalist; or, The people their own physicians by the use of by Oliver Phelps Brown (1867)
"... in doses of from half a tea-cupful to a teacupful, three or four times a day. It is useful in Scrofula, Dysmenorrhoea, Amenorrhoea, after-pains, etc. ..."

4. The Diseases of Children by James Frederic Goodhart (1891)
"At this time of life there should be five meals during the day, thus: At eight AM, a teacupful of warm milk, thickened with a teaspoonful of Nestle's food, ..."

5. Diseases and Their Cure: Fifty Years' Experience by O. H. Crandall, Joseph B. Chapman (1898)
"... inject a teacupful of pretty strong sage tea a few inches up into the bowels. If the first injection does not completely dispose of them try it again ..."

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