hatful

«hatful» in Mova's school dictionary: The amount a hat can hold — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hatful, hatfuls)

meaning for a pupil

1) The amount a hat can hold. tree →

2) (informal) A large number: «He scored a hatful of goals.» tree →

sense in the lessons

The ending -ful makes measuring nouns: spoonful, handful, cupful, hatful. In Alice in Wonderland, the Hatter sells hats, and a hatful of something would be a funny measure. In sports news, «a hatful of goals» means lots of goals.

examples

• She picked a hatful of strawberries. tree →
• He scored a hatful of goals this season. tree →
• The magician pulled a hatful of ribbons out of the hat. tree →
• We collected a hatful of conkers. tree →
• A hatful of water spilled on the floor. tree →

note

Plural hatfuls (not «hatsful»). Like spoonful — spoonfuls, handful — handfuls. In maths it is not an exact measure.

In the corpora

• And Toad wouldn't come here alone for a hatful of gold!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hatful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.