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pot·ful

(pŏt′fo͝ol′)
n.
1. The amount that a pot can hold.
2. Informal A large amount: made a potful of money on the horses.
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potful

(ˈpɒtfʊl)
n
(Units) the amount held by a pot
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Noun 1. [画像:potful - the quantity contained in a pot]potful - the quantity contained in a pot
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
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Translations

potful

nTopf m; (of coffee, tea)Kanne f
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potful

[ˈpɒtfʊl] npentola (piena)
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"There's no road so smooth but it has some hole or hindrance in it," said Sancho; "in other houses they cook beans, but in mine it's by the potful; madness will have more followers and hangers-on than sound sense; but if there be any truth in the common saying, that to have companions in trouble gives some relief, I may take consolation from you, inasmuch as you serve a master as crazy as my own."
In the making of steel, a chemical analysis is made of each caldron of molten pig-iron, when it starts on its way to be refined, and this analysis is sent by telephone to the steelmaker, so that he will know exactly how each potful is to be handled.
"In the first place, I am going to have these rooms freshened up with a potful of paint, the electric light, and the telephone you've been at me about so long."
It is also the place locals come for lambretas, a local clam so flavorful and juicy that when the waiter at Mistura Perfeita brings out a potful with onion and cilantro (19.90 reais), it
As a bar, The Counter House scores plenty of points: it's got atmosphere and aesthetic by the plant potful. The space morphs effortlessly from day to night and it's a joy to spend time in.
It is also National Soup Month, which sounds much better, as I stir up a potful, enough to last the duration of the Winter storm.
Mr Muli, now a waiter at a food kiosk in Nairobi's Bus Station, told Lifestyle that such nicknames are common in his trade.Across Kenya, there is a potful of playful food names, some mouth-watering others a mouthful.
Entrepreneurs may turn a good idea into a potful of money when they sell to new owners or take their companies public.
(17) The first category includes terms whose quantity is precise, for instance, it might be recognised by a commonly used measure system, the non-specific terms include terms such as plenty, little, a quantity, etc., which refer to the amount or number in a non-/less-specific way, whereas the last category refers to terms formed usually with the suffix -ful attached to the noun specifying the type of a 'container', e.g., dishful, egg-shellful, potful, etc.