hatfuls

Large informal quantities

Hatfuls is the plural of hatful, meaning the amount a hat can hold, or more loosely, a large quantity: She received hatfuls of fan mail.

The word appears almost exclusively in figurative contexts suggesting abundance rather than literal hat-measured portions.

abundance

plenty

Sufficient quantity, and then some

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

bunches · scads · oodles · gobs · tons · masses · stacks · slew · rafts · wads

capacity

volume

Amount of space filled

room · size · extent · proportion · fill · brimful · overflow · measure · contents · holding

Opposites
quantity/amount

hatfulsnone

Not a single one

nothing · zero · traces · smidgens · dribbles

precision of measurement

hatfulsliters

Fluid capacity units

grams · milligrams · cubic centimeters · percentages

Family

hatful

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