About The Word Handful
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Handful
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What's The Definition Of Handful?
[n] the quantity that can be held in the hand
[n] a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" Synonyms | Synonyms for Handful: fistful | smattering Related Terms | Find terms related to Handful: a few | ace | atom | Augean task | backbreaker | ballbuster | bit | bitch | bother | chore | couple | dab | dead lift | dole | dot | dram | dribble | driblet | dwarf | farthing | few | fistful | fleck | flyspeck | fragment | gobbet | grain | granule | groat | hair | hard job | hard pull | heavy sledding | Herculean task | iota | jot | large order | limited number | little | little bit | man-sized job | minim | minimum | minutiae | mischief-maker | mite | modicum | molecule | mote | nuisance | nutshell | only a few | ounce | particle | pebble | piddling few | piddling number | pinch | pittance | point | rough go | scattering | scruple | small number | smatter | smattering | smidgen | smitch | spatter | spattering | speck | spoonful | spot | sprinkling | tall order | thimbleful | tiny bit | tittle | too few | tough job | tough proposition | trickle | trifling amount | trivia | troublemaker | uphill work | whit See Also | containerful | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity Handful In Webster's Dictionary \Hand"ful\, n.; pl. {Hand flus}. [AS. handfull.]
1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison.
2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.]
Knap the tongs together about a handful from the
bottom. --Bacon.
3. A small quantity.
This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
--Fuller.
{To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have
all one can do. [Obs.]
They had their handful to defend themselves from
firing. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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