coffeepotful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
As much as a coffee pot will hold.
Example Sentences
- "Wash a coffeepotful of rice in two or three waters, then let it soak all night in three pints of new milk."
- "Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of cocoanut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream."
- "I kept the bullet around to show to folks a long time, but somebody carried it off. Somebody always does carry off my relics. I had a coffee[-]potful."
- "Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of coconut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream."
- "The farmers are all happy, but then, well—it only takes a coffee-pot-ful of water to make the average Kansas farmer think he is rich."
- "Whip a pint of thick cream, add it to a quarter of a pint or half a big coffeepotful of cool but liquid aspic jelly, and a desert^([sic]) spoonful of sherry."