Definitions for handful

handful hand·ful

Spelling: [hand-foo l]
IPA: /ˈhænd fʊl/

Handful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in handful (adfhlnu).

Definitions for handful

noun

  1. the quantity or amount that the hand can hold:
  2. a small amount, number, or quantity:
  3. Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control:

Origin of handful

before 900; Middle English, Old English. See hand, -ful

Examples for handful

Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.

Put them into the soup, add a handful of chopped parsley, and let them boil.

Now, every man who was a handful or two short of his crop began to look at us doubtfully.

He stooped, thinking he had caught it, but took up only a handful of soapy foam.

Yates caught up a handful of sand, and flung it lightly against the pane.

Still, a handful of centuries-old establishments have survived and housed some pretty phenomenal history.

Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events.

Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.

With only a handful of great directors between the two videos, Fourgrounds can keep this going for years.

He compares it to little things, to a tiny seed, to a handful of leaven, to a pearl.

Word Value for handful
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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