wine-bottleful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
As much as a wine bottle will hold.
Example Sentences
- "Having requisitioned for lime-juice, about a dozen or two of wine-bottlefuls were received, with the reply that more could not be spared, as it was required by the Navy."
- "With a few clean glass bottles, pure olive, safflower or canola oil, herbs, dry spices and even vegetables, you can make a wine-bottleful for a dollar or two."
- "The art of beekeeping is a Kamba speciality but local custom varies – the honey often has a smokey taste after the bees have been smoked out when the keepers collect it. Bottom price is about Ksh120 for a wine-bottleful."
Etymology
From wine bottle + -ful.