handful
Anlam (İngilizce)
- The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
- (obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
- A small number, usually approximately five.
- A group or number of things; a bunch.
- (informal) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
- (slang) A five-year prison sentence.
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/ˈhæn(d)fʊl/
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From Middle English handful, hondful, from Old English handfull (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handufullō, *handufulliz (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”) + *fullaz (“full”); equivalent to hand + full (“fullness, plenty”) or hand + -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hondful (“handful”), West Frisian hânfol (“handful”), Dutch handvol (“handful”), German Handvoll (“handful”), Danish håndfuld (“handful”), Swedish handfull (“handful”), Icelandic handfylli (“handful”).
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Konuşma ve " handful " ve İngilizce .