coffeecupful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
As much as a coffee cup will hold.
Example Sentences
- "[…]when the sirup begins to boil, add about a coffee-cupful of orange-flower water, and after it has boiled up two or three times, take it from the fire;"
- "Draught with half a grain of opium: to drink through the day four coffeecupfuls of the following solution:—[…]"
- "Two coffeecupsful brown sugar, / One coffeecupful butter, / One coffeecupful sweet milk,[…]."
- "Three coffeecupsful of four, the same quantity of white sugar, nine eggs and one lemon."
- "A coffeecupful of new milk, and one of water, the beaten yelks of three eggs, a teaspoonful of sugar, one of salt, four tablespoonfuls of potato yeast, and sifted flour to make quite a stiff batter."
- "When the timer goes off, rush down in your towel, taste the pasta and, when it’s ready, drain it, reserving a coffeecupful of water."