teacupful

noun

Etymology

From teacup + -ful.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kuppaz✻
  3. inherited from *kopp✻ — “round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”
  4. derived from *kewp-✻ — “a hollow”
  5. derived from cūpa — “tub, cask”
  6. derived from cuppa
  7. inherited from copp — “cup, vessel”
  8. inherited from cuppe — “cup”
  9. inherited from cuppe
  10. compounded as teacup — “tea + cup”
  11. suffixed as teacupful — “teacup + ful”

Definitions

  1. A unit of measure, the capacity or volume of a teacup.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA