brimful
adj/ˈbɹɪmfʊl/
Etymology
From brim + -ful.
Definitions
Filled to maximum capacity.
- So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
The maximum amount a container can hold.
- If the glass is cracked, it cannot contain a brimful of water; and if and only if the water is calm enough, it can reflect the moon in the sky without distortion.
- As I listened to the words as they were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I sounded like Ozzy Osborne after three brimfuls of Merlot and a handful of Vicodin .
A large amount.
- Brimful of Asha on the forty-five / Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
- Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for brimful. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA