"pocketful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pocketsful [plural], pocketfuls [plural]
Etymology: From pocket + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pocket|-ful|pos=noun}} pocket + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|pocketsful|s}} pocketful (plural pocketsful or pocketfuls)
  1. The amount that a pocket would hold. Translations (the quantity that a pocket would hold): butxacada [feminine] (Catalan), lán póca [masculine] (Irish), tascata [feminine] (Italian), paûtée [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), pouch'tée [Jersey, feminine] (Norman)
    Sense id: en-pocketful-en-noun-dszNp-4M Disambiguation of 'the quantity that a pocket would hold': 82 18
  2. (figurative) A small or moderate amount. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-pocketful-en-noun-MbMi4nFd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 34 66

Inflected forms

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