kettleful

«kettleful» in Mova's school dictionary: as much as one kettle can hold — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (kettleful, kettlefuls)

meaning for a pupil

A kettleful is as much as one kettle can hold. tree →

sense in the lessons

an amount of liquid poured or emptied in a tale; the story uses it as a large container's worth of pitch

examples

• A kettleful of pitch was emptied over her. tree →
• Mum made a kettleful of tea for everyone. tree →
• We filled the bucket with three kettlefuls of water. tree →

note

a kettleful is one amount, not a count of items; if a problem says 3 kettlefuls, multiply one kettle's amount by 3.

Trees and pragmatics

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