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Answer for the clue "The quantity that a dish will hold ", 7 letters:
dishful

Word definitions for dishful in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dishful \Dish"ful\, n.; pl. Dishfuls . As much as a dish holds when full.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice" [syn: dish ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. as much as a dish will hold

Usage examples of dishful.

Instead he scooped a large dishful of Neapolitan ice cream for himself and a spoonful for the Siamese.

I found a man once in my raspberry-bushes, early in the season, when we were waiting for a dishful to ripen.

The Owl ignores her and takes a small dishful of mayonnaise which I'd ordered to throw over my tossed salad.

At the far end was what we assumed was the kitchen, for here about a dozen of the slave-Martians were toiling with metal plates and huge dishfuls of food, which were set out along a raised platform by the entrance to the kitchen.