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Potful in a sentence

Potful meaning

as much as a pot will hold

Synonyms of Potful

pot containerful

Related words

Other words often associated with Potful or its synonyms:

vessel potty can cookware throne crapper container toilet stool commode flowerpot

Using Potful

  • The main meaning on this page is: as much as a pot will hold
  • Useful related words include: pot, containerful.
  • In the example corpus, potful often appears in combinations such as: potful of.

Context around Potful

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Potful

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and a potful of water 1× him a potful of lentil 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

hence crates desirous 1× mustard leaves and 1×

Common sentence endings:

of dried fish 1× of his staff 1×

Words around Potful

Just before it in the word index:

potez 6 potestas 2 potest 2 potes 2 poter 2 potenza 3

Just after it in the word index:

potger 2 potgieter 22 pothan 3 pothead 6 potheads 5 pothen 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Potful

  • In this selection, "potful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and a potful of water and him a potful of lentil. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "potful" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with potful

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mustard leaves and a potful of water, only two small pieces of dried fish? (14 words)

Hence Crates, desirous of curing this defect in him, gave him a potful of lentil-soup to carry through the Ceramicus; and when he saw that Zeno was ashamed and tried to keep it out of sight, Crates broke the pot with a blow of his staff. (47 words)

Longer example sentences

Hence Crates, desirous of curing this defect in him, gave him a potful of lentil-soup to carry through the Ceramicus; and when he saw that Zeno was ashamed and tried to keep it out of sight, Crates broke the pot with a blow of his staff. (47 words)

Mustard leaves and a potful of water, only two small pieces of dried fish? (14 words)

Question examples

Mustard leaves and a potful of water, only two small pieces of dried fish? (14 words)

Example sentences (2)

Mustard leaves and a potful of water, only two small pieces of dried fish?

Hence Crates, desirous of curing this defect in him, gave him a potful of lentil-soup to carry through the Ceramicus; and when he saw that Zeno was ashamed and tried to keep it out of sight, Crates broke the pot with a blow of his staff.

Common combinations with potful

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • potful of 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "potful" in a sentence?
An example: "Mustard leaves and a potful of water, only two small pieces of dried fish?" This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "potful" from authentic English texts.
What does "potful" mean?
Potful means: as much as a pot will hold
What are synonyms of "potful"?
Common synonyms of "potful" include: pot, containerful.
How many example sentences with "potful" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "potful", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.