Crossword clues for glassful
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glassful \Glass"ful\, n.; pl. Glassfuls. The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.
Glassful \Glass"ful\, a.
Glassy; shining like glass. [Obs.] ``Minerva's glassful
shield.''
--Marston.
Wiktionary
a. (context obsolete English) glassy; shining like glass. n. The amount that a glass will hold.
WordNet
n. the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass]
Usage examples of "glassful".
With a discreet pop, Luciano withdrew the cork from his hoarded Barolo, and poured a tiny mouthful for his wife and a glassful for himself.
Almost before she had said it Chicot had poured her out another glassful.
I concentrate on the Absolut and cranberry I'm holding and it looks like a glassful of thin, watery blood with ice and a lemon wedge in it.
Philip Boyes drank two glassfuls and the remainder of the bottle was fortunately preserved.
Shasa was delighted with their bargain, and though he seldom drank more than a glassful, this afternoon he finished the rest of the Riesling while he and the boys cooked their lunch on the barbecue pit.
At this age they are still a little selfconscious and give each other Dutch courage by the glassful.
Distant birds provided accompaniment while wine flowed and, over the next two hours, she drank several glassfuls to put out the fire in her mouth from the spices in the food.
She inched over and let him fill it, watching him with burning intensity as he downed two glassfuls quickly.
Frozen through, despite heavy underwear and bulky boots, gloves, and a sweater, Pug was glad to toss off several glassfuls with the general.