Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swabful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: swab-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

As much as a swab holds.

Example Sentences

"The caterpillars may be trapped in their tents in early morning or late afternoon and extinguished with a swabful of kerosene."
"Go over the paper which has been laid down on a board or table top, several times with a swabful of the solution."
"A swabful of each mixture was smeared onto MacConkey Agar plates containing a single appropriate antibiotic and 250 μg of sodium azide per ml."
"[…] swabfuls of blood and threw them on the floor like he was trying to stem the Niagara Falls."

Etymology

From swab + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: swab

Inflected Forms

swabfuls (plural)

Questions

What does swabful mean?: As much as a swab holds.
Where does swabful come from?: From swab + -ful.

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