Meaning

The amount that an eyecup can hold..

Example Sentences

In eye troubles, however, the California Fluid Extract of Eucalyptus works miracles and should be used as a frequent eyewash, two drops of the fluid to an eyecupful of warm water.

Do you think anybody with an eyecupful of brains would stay here if he could get away?

Cleanse the eyes with clear water in an eyecup; or use a boric acid solution, or a few grains of salt added to the eyecupful of cold water.

I had just finished the first appetizing eyecupful of wine when my waitress took the stopper out of the decanter and, with the prettiest gesture imaginable, asked me if I would have some more.

They drink quantities of beer and also their own sake (rice wine) taken in eyecupfuls, thirty or forty of which will produce one of the pleasantest suspensions in the realm of alcohol.

Another good eye wash is made by adding two or three drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice to a small eye[-]cupful of distilled water.

If someone forgets to think fast and brings in a bottle the average drink he will get out of a 40 oz quart will be an eyecupful.

And her mother just washed her face and used an eyecupful of water on the smarting eye.

Word Forms

• eyecupfuls

Synonyms for eyecupful

When Should You Use Eyecupful?

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

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