Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tunful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tun-ful
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a tun or cask.

Example Sentences

"Like essence there can bee tunfuls of it. It must come by drops, no showers of it."
"At the same time, every effort will be made to soften prejudice by conciliatory language, winning souls by love and not by bitterness, and remembering the words of St. Francis of Sales, “that more hearts are gained by a spoonful of honey than by tunsful of vinegar.”"

Etymology

From Middle English tonneful (attested in the plural as tonnefullis), equivalent to tun + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tonneful
Suffix: tun

Inflected Forms

tunfuls (plural) tunsful (plural)

Questions

What does tunful mean?: Enough to fill a tun or cask.
Where does tunful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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