kettleful

Etymology

* from kettle + -ful

kettleful means an amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.“Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.”