Meaning

As much as a coffee pot will hold..

Example Sentences

Wash a coffeepotful of rice in two or three waters, then let it soak all night in three pints of new milk.

Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of cocoanut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream.

I kept the bullet around to show to folks a long time, but somebody carried it off. Somebody always does carry off my relics. I had a coffee[-]potful.

Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of coconut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream.

The farmers are all happy, but then, well—it only takes a coffee-pot-ful of water to make the average Kansas farmer think he is rich.

Whip a pint of thick cream, add it to a quarter of a pint or half a big coffeepotful of cool but liquid aspic jelly, and a desert^([sic]) spoonful of sherry.

Whenever coffee is served after a meal, it is thoughtful to offer a decaffeinated brew as well. If a number of guests have requested it, you might make a coffeepotful. But if it is just one or two persons, you can perfectly well serve them a decaffeinated coffee powder, and a pot of boiling water.

“Why,” he protested, “it’s just a castor bean!” “It came up about a year ago,” I said. “Planted itself right where I wanted a green something. I kept it from freezing last winter. I put boxes around it to break the wind, and on cold nights I covered it with gunnysacks. Every morning I pour a coffeepotful of water on it.”

Word Forms

• coffeepotfuls
• coffee potful
• coffee-potful

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When Should You Use Coffeepotful?

Use coffeepotful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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