Synonyms for handful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hand-foo l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhænd fʊl

Définition of handful

Origin : Old English handful; see hand (n.) + -ful. Originally the quality that can be held in a hand; also a medieval linear measurement of four inches. Meaning "a small portion or part" is from c.1400. Figurative meaning "as much as one can manage" is from 1755.

adj a small quantity

Example sentences :

He compares it to little things, to a tiny seed, to a handful of leaven, to a pearl.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

Now, every man who was a handful or two short of his crop began to look at us doubtfully.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Yates caught up a handful of sand, and flung it lightly against the pane.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

He stooped, thinking he had caught it, but took up only a handful of soapy foam.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Then put them into the fish-kettle with cold water and a handful of salt.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Put them into the soup, add a handful of chopped parsley, and let them boil.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Then add by degrees the cocoa-nut; and lastly, a handful of sifted flour.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Meantime the body had decayed and had sunk down into a handful of dust.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

The boy halted at the counter, producing a handful of square envelopes.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

She then planted the comb in my mop of hair and tore out a handful of it.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Antonyms for handful

lot
mass

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