Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drainful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drain-ful
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a drain.

Example Sentences

"Stop wasting talent by the drainful."
"On certain nights, she gave us baths and then hair washes and then dessert, sort of side by side, however many could fit, we knelt at the edge of the tub after we had bathed, leaning over a drainful of suds, just as we had waited in that same huddle every Christmas morning at the top of the stairs before being allowed down to see the tree and attack the pile."
"Old Gotta hit that drainful of green cow-muck from such a height, the colour was driven through the pores and deep under his skin."

Etymology

From drain + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: drain

Inflected Forms

drainfuls (plural) drainsful (plural)

Questions

What does drainful mean?: Enough to fill a drain.
Where does drainful come from?: From drain + -ful.

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