bowlfuls

Soup kitchen quantities

Bowlfuls is the plural of bowlful—the amount a bowl can hold: She ate two bowlfuls of soup.

The word emphasizes quantity rather than the container itself.

Both bowlfuls and bowlsful are acceptable plurals, though bowlfuls is more common in everyday speech.

food

soup

Cooked liquid dish

  • stewSlow-simmered meat dish
  • cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
  • ramenJapanese noodle soup

salad · chili · curry · pasta · rice · pho · porridge · noodles · broth · risotto

measurement

serving

Measured food portion

scoop · portion · spoonful · dollop · ration · share · amount · quantity · fill · brimful

abundance

plenty

Sufficient quantity, and then some

  • loadsLarge quantities
  • heapsLarge informal quantities
  • lotsLarge amount, or parcels

tons · masses · piles · stacks · oodles · scads · quantities · amounts · multitudes · scores

Opposites
quantity/container size

bowlfulsdrops

Descends or releases

spoonfuls · teaspoonfuls · pinches · thimblefuls · droplets

fullness/amount

bowlfulsemptiness

Absence of substance

nothing · none · scrapings · dregs · remnants

Family

bowlful

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G