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FUL Quantity Words

2010 August 22
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These are 81 “ful” quan­tity words (29 of which can be made plural by adding an “s” in the mid­dle of the word):

ARMFULas much as the arm can hold [n ARMFULS or ARMSFUL] h/s
BAGFULas much as a bag can hold [n BAGFULS or BAGSFUL] */s
BARRELFUL[n BARRELFULS or BARRELSFUL] */s
BASINFULas much as a basin can hold [n –S] */s
BASKETFUL[n BASKETFULS or BASKETSFUL] */s
BELLYFULan exces­sive amount [n –S] */s
BOATFULas much as a boat can hold [n –S] */s
BOOKFULas much as a book can hold [n –S] */s
BOTTLEFUL[n –S] */s
BOWLFULas much as a bowl can hold [n –S] */s
BOXFULas much as a box can hold [n –S] */s
BUCKETFUL[n BUCKETFULS or BUCKETSFUL] */s
CAGEFULthe num­ber held in a cage (an enclo­sure) [n –S] */s
CANFULas much as a can holds [n CANFULS or CANSFUL] */s
CAPFULas much as a cap can hold [n –S] */s
CARFULas much as a car can hold [n –S] */s
CHEEKFULthe amount held in one’s cheek [n –S] */s
CHESTFULas much as a chest or box can hold [n –S] */s
CLOSETFUL[n –S] */s
CUPFULas much as a cup can hold [n CUPFULS or CUPSFUL] */s
DIPPERFUL[n –S] */s
DISHFULas much as a dish can hold [n –S] */s
DRAWERFUL[n –S] */s
DROPPERFUL[n DROPPERFULS or DROPPERSFUL] */s
EARFULa flow of infor­ma­tion [n –S] ft/s
EYEFULa com­plete view [n –S] */s
FISTFULa hand­ful (as much as the hand can hold) [n –S] */s
FORKFULas much as a fork will hold [n FORKFULS or FORKSFUL] */s
GARDENFUL[n –S] */s
GLASSFULas much as a drink­ing glass will hold [n –FULS] */s
HANDFULas much as the hand can hold [n HANDFULS or HANDSFUL] */s
HARBORFUL[n –S] */s
HATFULas much as a hat can hold [n HATSFUL or HATFULS] */s
HEADFULa great amount of knowl­edge [n –S] */s
HOUSEFULas much as a house will hold [n –S] */s
JARFULthe quan­tity held by a jar (a cylin­dri­cal con­tainer) [n JARFULS or JARSFUL] */s
JUGFULas much as a jug will hold [n JUGFULS or JUGSFUL] */s
KISTFULas much as a kist can hold [n –S] */s
LADLEFULas much as a ladle will hold [n –S] */s
LAPFULas much as the lap can hold [n –S] */s
LUNGFULas much as the lungs can hold [n –S] */s
MOUTHFULas much as the mouth can hold [n –S] */s
MUGFULas much as a mug can hold [n –S] */s
PAGEFULas much as a page can hold [n –S] */s
PAILFULas much as a pail can hold [n PAILFULS or PAILSFUL] */s
PALMFULas much as a palm can hold [n –S] */s
PANFULas much as a pan will hold [n –S] */s
PIPEFULa quan­tity suf­fi­cient to fill a tobacco pipe [n –S] */s
PITCHERFUL[n PITCHERFULS or PITCHERSFUL] */s
PLATEFULthe 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
POTFULas much as a pot can hold [n –S] */s
RACKFULas much as a rack can hold [n –S] w/s
ROOMFULas much as a room can hold [n –S] */s
SACKFULas much as a sack can hold [n SACKFULS or SACKSFUL] */s
SATCHELFUL[n SATCHELFULS or SATCHELSFUL] */s
SCOOPFULas much as a scoop will hold [n SCOOPFULS or SCOOPSFUL] */s
SCREENFUL[n –S] */s
SHELFFULas much as a shelf can hold [n –S] */s
SHOVELFUL[n SHOVELFULS or SHOVELSFUL] */s
SKINFULas much as a skin con­tainer can hold [n –S] */s
SPADEFULas much as a spade can hold [n –S] */s
SPOONFULas much as a spoon can hold [n SPOONFULS or SPOONSFUL] */s
STAGEFULas much or as many as a stage can hold [n –S] */s
STICKFULan amount of set type [n –S] */s
TABLEFULas much as a table can hold [n TABLEFULS or TABLESFUL] */s
TABLESPOONFUL[n –SPOONFULS or –SPOONSFUL] */s
TANKFULthe 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
TINFULas much as a tin con­tainer can hold [n –S] */s
TRAINFULas much as a rail­road train can hold [n –S] */s
TRAYFULas much as a tray will hold [n –S] */s
TRUCKFULas much as a truck can hold [n –S] */s
TRUNKFULas much as a trunk (a stor­age box) can hold [n –S] */s
TUBFULas much as a tub will hold [n –S] */s
TUMBLERFUL[n TUMBLERFULS or TUMBLERSFUL] */s
VATFULas much as a vat can hold [n –S] */s
WAMEFULwame­fou (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:

ARMFULas much as the arm can hold [n ARMFULS or ARMSFUL] h/s
BAGFULas 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
CANFULas much as a can holds [n CANFULS or CANSFUL] */s
CUPFULas much as a cup can hold [n CUPFULS or CUPSFUL] */s
DROPPERFUL[n DROPPERFULS or DROPPERSFUL] */s
FORKFULas much as a fork will hold [n FORKFULS or FORKSFUL] */s
HANDFULas much as the hand can hold [n HANDFULS or HANDSFUL] */s
HATFULas much as a hat can hold [n HATSFUL or HATFULS] */s
JARFULthe quan­tity held by a jar (a cylin­dri­cal con­tainer) [n JARFULS or JARSFUL] */s
JUGFULas much as a jug will hold [n JUGFULS or JUGSFUL] */s
PAILFULas much as a pail can hold [n PAILFULS or PAILSFUL] */s
PITCHERFUL[n PITCHERFULS or PITCHERSFUL] */s
PLATEFULthe 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
SACKFULas much as a sack can hold [n SACKFULS or SACKSFUL] */s
SATCHELFUL[n SATCHELFULS or SATCHELSFUL] */s
SCOOPFULas much as a scoop will hold [n SCOOPFULS or SCOOPSFUL] */s
SHOVELFUL[n SHOVELFULS or SHOVELSFUL] */s
SPOONFULas much as a spoon can hold [n SPOONFULS or SPOONSFUL] */s
TABLEFULas 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).

BRIMFULready to over­flow [adj] */l
BRIMFULL–brim­ful (ready to over­flow) [adj] */y
CHOCKFULfull to the limit [adj] */l
CHOCKFULL–[adj] */*
OVERFULLtoo full (filled com­pletely) [adj] */*
TOPFULtop­full (full to the top) [adj] */l
TOPFULL–full to the top [adj] */*
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