Tunful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tunful is a noun meaning Enough to fill a tun or cask.
Meaning
Enough to fill a tun or cask.
Example Sentences
Like essence there can bee tunfuls of it. It must come by drops, no showers of it.
At the same time, every effort will be made to soften prejudice by conciliatory language, winning souls by love and not by bitterness, and remembering the words of St. Francis of Sales, “that more hearts are gained by a spoonful of honey than by tunsful of vinegar.”
Word Forms
- tunfuls
- tunsful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include buttful, tavernful, troughful, cellarful, decanterful, caskful.
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