FUL Quantity Words
2010 August 22
These are 81 “ful” quantity words (29 of which can be made plural by adding an “s” in the middle of the word):
| ARMFUL | as much as the arm can hold [n ARMFULS or ARMSFUL] h/s |
| BAGFUL | as much as a bag can hold [n BAGFULS or BAGSFUL] */s |
| BARRELFUL | [n BARRELFULS or BARRELSFUL] */s |
| BASINFUL | as much as a basin can hold [n –S] */s |
| BASKETFUL | [n BASKETFULS or BASKETSFUL] */s |
| BELLYFUL | an excessive amount [n –S] */s |
| BOATFUL | as much as a boat can hold [n –S] */s |
| BOOKFUL | as much as a book can hold [n –S] */s |
| BOTTLEFUL | [n –S] */s |
| BOWLFUL | as much as a bowl can hold [n –S] */s |
| BOXFUL | as much as a box can hold [n –S] */s |
| BUCKETFUL | [n BUCKETFULS or BUCKETSFUL] */s |
| CAGEFUL | the number held in a cage (an enclosure) [n –S] */s |
| CANFUL | as much as a can holds [n CANFULS or CANSFUL] */s |
| CAPFUL | as much as a cap can hold [n –S] */s |
| CARFUL | as much as a car can hold [n –S] */s |
| CHEEKFUL | the amount held in one’s cheek [n –S] */s |
| CHESTFUL | as much as a chest or box can hold [n –S] */s |
| CLOSETFUL | [n –S] */s |
| CUPFUL | as much as a cup can hold [n CUPFULS or CUPSFUL] */s |
| DIPPERFUL | [n –S] */s |
| DISHFUL | as much as a dish can hold [n –S] */s |
| DRAWERFUL | [n –S] */s |
| DROPPERFUL | [n DROPPERFULS or DROPPERSFUL] */s |
| EARFUL | a flow of information [n –S] ft/s |
| EYEFUL | a complete view [n –S] */s |
| FISTFUL | a handful (as much as the hand can hold) [n –S] */s |
| FORKFUL | as much as a fork will hold [n FORKFULS or FORKSFUL] */s |
| GARDENFUL | [n –S] */s |
| GLASSFUL | as much as a drinking glass will hold [n –FULS] */s |
| HANDFUL | as much as the hand can hold [n HANDFULS or HANDSFUL] */s |
| HARBORFUL | [n –S] */s |
| HATFUL | as much as a hat can hold [n HATSFUL or HATFULS] */s |
| HEADFUL | a great amount of knowledge [n –S] */s |
| HOUSEFUL | as much as a house will hold [n –S] */s |
| JARFUL | the quantity held by a jar (a cylindrical container) [n JARFULS or JARSFUL] */s |
| JUGFUL | as much as a jug will hold [n JUGFULS or JUGSFUL] */s |
| KISTFUL | as much as a kist can hold [n –S] */s |
| LADLEFUL | as much as a ladle will hold [n –S] */s |
| LAPFUL | as much as the lap can hold [n –S] */s |
| LUNGFUL | as much as the lungs can hold [n –S] */s |
| MOUTHFUL | as much as the mouth can hold [n –S] */s |
| MUGFUL | as much as a mug can hold [n –S] */s |
| PAGEFUL | as much as a page can hold [n –S] */s |
| PAILFUL | as much as a pail can hold [n PAILFULS or PAILSFUL] */s |
| PALMFUL | as much as a palm can hold [n –S] */s |
| PANFUL | as much as a pan will hold [n –S] */s |
| PIPEFUL | a quantity sufficient to fill a tobacco pipe [n –S] */s |
| PITCHERFUL | [n PITCHERFULS or PITCHERSFUL] */s |
| PLATEFUL | the quantity that fills a plate (a shallow dish) [n PLATEFULS or PLATESFUL] */s |
| PLATTERFUL | [n PLATTERFULS or PLATTERSFUL] */s |
| POCKETFUL | [n POCKETFULS or POCKETSFUL] */s |
| POTFUL | as much as a pot can hold [n –S] */s |
| RACKFUL | as much as a rack can hold [n –S] w/s |
| ROOMFUL | as much as a room can hold [n –S] */s |
| SACKFUL | as much as a sack can hold [n SACKFULS or SACKSFUL] */s |
| SATCHELFUL | [n SATCHELFULS or SATCHELSFUL] */s |
| SCOOPFUL | as much as a scoop will hold [n SCOOPFULS or SCOOPSFUL] */s |
| SCREENFUL | [n –S] */s |
| SHELFFUL | as much as a shelf can hold [n –S] */s |
| SHOVELFUL | [n SHOVELFULS or SHOVELSFUL] */s |
| SKINFUL | as much as a skin container can hold [n –S] */s |
| SPADEFUL | as much as a spade can hold [n –S] */s |
| SPOONFUL | as much as a spoon can hold [n SPOONFULS or SPOONSFUL] */s |
| STAGEFUL | as much or as many as a stage can hold [n –S] */s |
| STICKFUL | an amount of set type [n –S] */s |
| TABLEFUL | as much as a table can hold [n TABLEFULS or TABLESFUL] */s |
| TABLESPOONFUL | [n –SPOONFULS or –SPOONSFUL] */s |
| TANKFUL | the amount a tank can hold [n –S] */s |
| TEACUPFUL | [n –CUPFULS or –CUPSFUL] */s |
| TEASPOONFUL | [n –SPOONFULS or –SPOONSFUL] */s |
| THIMBLEFUL | [n THIMBLEFULS or THIMBLESFUL] */s |
| TINFUL | as much as a tin container can hold [n –S] */s |
| TRAINFUL | as much as a railroad train can hold [n –S] */s |
| TRAYFUL | as much as a tray will hold [n –S] */s |
| TRUCKFUL | as much as a truck can hold [n –S] */s |
| TRUNKFUL | as much as a trunk (a storage box) can hold [n –S] */s |
| TUBFUL | as much as a tub will hold [n –S] */s |
| TUMBLERFUL | [n TUMBLERFULS or TUMBLERSFUL] */s |
| VATFUL | as much as a vat can hold [n –S] */s |
| WAMEFUL | wamefou (a bellyful (an excessive amount)) [n –S] */s |
Here’s a separate list of the words that can be made plural by adding an “s” in the middle of the word:
| ARMFUL | as much as the arm can hold [n ARMFULS or ARMSFUL] h/s |
| BAGFUL | as much as a bag can hold [n BAGFULS or BAGSFUL] */s |
| BARRELFUL | [n BARRELFULS or BARRELSFUL] */s |
| BASKETFUL | [n BASKETFULS or BASKETSFUL] */s |
| BUCKETFUL | [n BUCKETFULS or BUCKETSFUL] */s |
| CANFUL | as much as a can holds [n CANFULS or CANSFUL] */s |
| CUPFUL | as much as a cup can hold [n CUPFULS or CUPSFUL] */s |
| DROPPERFUL | [n DROPPERFULS or DROPPERSFUL] */s |
| FORKFUL | as much as a fork will hold [n FORKFULS or FORKSFUL] */s |
| HANDFUL | as much as the hand can hold [n HANDFULS or HANDSFUL] */s |
| HATFUL | as much as a hat can hold [n HATSFUL or HATFULS] */s |
| JARFUL | the quantity held by a jar (a cylindrical container) [n JARFULS or JARSFUL] */s |
| JUGFUL | as much as a jug will hold [n JUGFULS or JUGSFUL] */s |
| PAILFUL | as much as a pail can hold [n PAILFULS or PAILSFUL] */s |
| PITCHERFUL | [n PITCHERFULS or PITCHERSFUL] */s |
| PLATEFUL | the quantity that fills a plate (a shallow dish) [n PLATEFULS or PLATESFUL] */s |
| PLATTERFUL | [n PLATTERFULS or PLATTERSFUL] */s |
| POCKETFUL | [n POCKETFULS or POCKETSFUL] */s |
| SACKFUL | as much as a sack can hold [n SACKFULS or SACKSFUL] */s |
| SATCHELFUL | [n SATCHELFULS or SATCHELSFUL] */s |
| SCOOPFUL | as much as a scoop will hold [n SCOOPFULS or SCOOPSFUL] */s |
| SHOVELFUL | [n SHOVELFULS or SHOVELSFUL] */s |
| SPOONFUL | as much as a spoon can hold [n SPOONFULS or SPOONSFUL] */s |
| TABLEFUL | as much as a table can hold [n TABLEFULS or TABLESFUL] */s |
| TABLESPOONFUL | [n –SPOONFULS or –SPOONSFUL] */s |
| TEACUPFUL | [n –CUPFULS or –CUPSFUL] */s |
| TEASPOONFUL | [n –SPOONFULS or –SPOONSFUL] */s |
| THIMBLEFUL | [n THIMBLEFULS or THIMBLESFUL] */s |
| TUMBLERFUL | [n TUMBLERFULS or TUMBLERSFUL] */s |
Note that all of these words take FUL as a suffix, not FULL. Here are the “quantity” adjectives – just four of them – and all four of them take the FULL suffix (and three of them can be spelled with FUL as well).
| BRIMFUL | ready to overflow [adj] */l |
| BRIMFULL– | brimful (ready to overflow) [adj] */y |
| CHOCKFUL | full to the limit [adj] */l |
| CHOCKFULL– | [adj] */* |
| OVERFULL | too full (filled completely) [adj] */* |
| TOPFUL | topfull (full to the top) [adj] */l |
| TOPFULL– | full to the top [adj] */* |
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