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# kettleful

noun (kettleful, kettlefuls)

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

## Everyday

A kettleful is as much as one kettle can hold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettleful/#m1)

### In the lessons

an amount of liquid poured or emptied in a tale; the story uses it as a large container's worth of pitch

### Examples

- A kettleful of pitch was emptied over her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettleful/#x1)
- Mum made a kettleful of tea for everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettleful/#x2)
- We filled the bucket with three kettlefuls of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettleful/#x3)

### Note

a kettleful is one amount, not a count of items; if a problem says 3 kettlefuls, multiply one kettle's amount by 3.

## On Mova

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