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# hatful

noun (a hatful, hatfuls)

«hatful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The amount a hat can hold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#m1)
2. (informal) A large number: «He scored a hatful of goals.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#m2)

### In the lessons

The ending -ful makes measuring nouns: spoonful, handful, cupful, hatful. In Alice in Wonderland, the Hatter sells hats, and a hatful of something would be a funny measure. In sports news, «a hatful of goals» means lots of goals.

### Examples

- She picked a hatful of strawberries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#x1)
- He scored a hatful of goals this season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#x2)
- The magician pulled a hatful of ribbons out of the hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#x3)
- We collected a hatful of conkers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#x4)
- A hatful of water spilled on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/#x5)

### Note

Plural hatfuls (not «hatsful»). Like spoonful — spoonfuls, handful — handfuls. In maths it is not an exact measure.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hatful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hatful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hatful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hatful.html) on Mova free.