0%

dishful

dish·ful
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dish-foo l]
    • /ˈdɪʃ fʊl/
    • /ˈdɪʃ.fʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dish-foo l]
    • /ˈdɪʃ fʊl/

Definitions of dishful word

  • noun plural dishful the amount that a dish will hold. 1
  • noun dishful As much as a dish will hold. 1
  • noun dishful as much as a dish holds 0

Information block about the term

Origin of dishful

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at dish, -ful

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Dishful

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dishful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

dishful usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?