Definitions for capful

capful cap·ful

Spelling: [kap-foo l]
IPA: /ˈkæp fʊl/

Capful is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in capful (acflpu).

Definitions for capful

noun

  1. the amount that a cap will hold.

Origin of capful

First recorded in 1710-20; cap1 + -ful

Examples for capful

He declared that it was a mere "capful of wind," and would be all the better for the purpose.

Did you ever see so many halyards snap in your life, and in just a capful of wind?

With a burst of indignation, he rushed out, and caught little Spinks in the act of making off with his second capful of apples.

Counter-jumpers and land-lubbers funk a capful of wind mightily.

Whenever there is a capful of wind, and the water is a bit rough, I am sick as a dog.

The bishop thought the capful of wind was an Atlantic storm, and worried the captain by asking constantly if there was danger.

But the news from Orkney, Bryce, instead of croaking about a capful of wind?

At an early period of his existence he broke a capful of eggs.

Thank you, my old boy, said Harry; but a seaman must not be frightened with every capful of wind that may blow.

It only takes a capful of wind to make things nasty on the bay, and that iron cylinder began to toss like a cork.

Word Value for capful
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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