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单词 fontful
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fontfuln.

Brit. /ˈfɒntfʊl/, U.S. /ˈfɑntˌfʊl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: font n.1, -ful suffix.
Etymology: < font n.1 + -ful suffix.
As much as a font will hold.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles
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c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Ellesmere) (1871) l. 357 Thogh she a font ful water with hire lede.
1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell I. iii. 25 Labourers moistened their semi-regenerate clay with many a fontful of good ale.
1894 Chautauquan Jan. 455/1 The amount of water used for baptism may be a fontful or a pondful.
2009 Observer (Nexis) 25 Oct. 32 Extravagant claims that this could be the end of the Protestant Reformation need to be taken with several fontfuls of salt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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