Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much us a dish will hold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun As much as a dish holds when full.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun as much as a
dish will hold
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity that a dish will hold
Etymologies
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Examples
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It takes at least an hour and a half to get through the market, so the promise of a dishful of ice cream (actually a healthier sorbet referred to as nieve) while in the marketplace does the trick.
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It takes at least an hour and a half to get through the market, so the promise of a dishful of ice cream (actually a healthier sorbet referred to as nieve) while in the marketplace does the trick.
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I hope you piled them in a large bowl with whipping cream or ice cream and let everyone grab a dishful!
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It costs less than a nickel to make and eat a huge dishful, 300+ grams for 100 kcal.
Sitting in a café. Ann Althouse 2005
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'There's a dishful, then, and there's the gridiron.
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Not long after the Arabs had departed, a dishful of hot hashed-meat cakes was sent to us by Sayd bin Majid, and a curried chicken was received from Mohammed bin Sali, and Moeni Kheri sent a dishful of stewed goat-meat and rice; and thus presents of food came in succession, and as fast as they were brought we set to.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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A great dishful of rice and curry, in which almonds, citron, raisins, and currants were plentifully mixed, was brought in, and it was wonderful how soon we forgot our warlike fervor after our attention had been drawn to this royal dish.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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My mother and Babci were extra generous with the food around the holidays, to make sure I had at least one dishful of all the stuff they were turning out at the house, which could be mine in endless quantities if I wanted to come up.
Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996
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My mother and Babci were extra generous with the food around the holidays, to make sure I had at least one dishful of all the stuff they were turning out at the house, which could be mine in endless quantities if I wanted to come up.
Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996
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My mother and Babci were extra generous with the food around the holidays, to make sure I had at least one dishful of all the stuff they were turning out at the house, which could be mine in endless quantities if I wanted to come up.
Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996
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