Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kettleful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ket-tle-ful
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.

Example Sentences

"Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her."

Etymology

* from kettle + -ful

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kettle

Inflected Forms

kettlefuls (plural) kettlesful (plural)

Synonyms

kettle

Questions

What does kettleful mean?: An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.
Where does kettleful come from?: * from kettle + -ful

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