What is "bowlful"

Usage examples of "bowlful".

She took a bowlful for herself, then added water and prepared the rest for Whinney.

As she scooped up a bowlful and dumped it beside the wood, she noticed that it held its shape when she lifted the bowl away.

It had no inn, being far off the beaten track for travelers, but the portly old woman who explained this to him then insisted he accompany her to her cottage, where she pressed upon him a wooden bowlful of barley porridge with carrots in it, and a mug of small beer.

She returned with a generous bowlful of scraps, three fire lizards hovering anxiously above her.

Occasionally someone would step out of the crowd, help themselves to a bowlful of whatever was in the pot, and then throw a handful of coins into the plate in front of the tent.

You must milk two bowlfuls for her when she has her dinner, for she is going with you and will remain with you till you return this evening.

As Clara saw the grandfather leading away Little Swan to milk her, she was suddenly taken with a longing for another bowlful of the fragrant milk, and waited impatiently for it.

As she sat there smiling, I helped myself to three or four bowlfuls, washed down with gallons of hot, sweet tea.

Ivan said, and his two large hands brought out bowlfuls of tenthousand lire notes, equal to about twelve dollars American apiece.

He had been talking with Brian for several hours and he had smoked five bowlfuls.

There were berries and drupes that I had no names for, but also the tender tips of leaves and flower buds, a bowlful of nectar-heavy blossoms, and finely shaved tree bark.

The man in black was certainly no devil or he never would have ordered a bowlful of that excellent mulled wine, and all the more excellent with a bottle of good brandy poured into it.

Placing the stoup on the floor, I dipped out a bowlful, and gave it to Torf, who guzzled it down greedily.