canful

What tin holds

A canful is the amount that fills a can: a canful of paint, two canfuls of gasoline.

The word measures quantity by container rather than precise volume.

Plural: canfuls or cansful.

container

tin

Element fifty, Sn

soup · paint · oil · aerosol · tuna · petfood · preserve · packaging · metal · cylinder

capacity

volume

Amount of space filled

quart · liter · ounce · fluid · portion · serving · quantity · contents · fill · standard

fullness

brimming

Full to the top

filled · stuffed · level · topped · laden · complete · entire · whole · measured · exact

Categories
Opposites
quantity/fullness

canfuldrop

Fall or release

dribble · trickle · splash · smidgen · sip

Family

can, canned, fullness, canning, canister, decant, decanter, canner, decanters

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G