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 Definitions of handful  [ˈhænd fʊl]  

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Definition of 'handful' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) handful
the quantity or amount that the hand can hold.

2.  handful
a small amount or quantity.

3.  handful
Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control.

Etymology:  (bef. 900)

Definition of 'handful' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) handful, smattering
a small number or amount
"only a handful of responses were received"

2. (noun) handful, fistful
the quantity that can be held in the hand


Definition of 'handful' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) handful
the amount held in one hand
a handful of candy


Definition of 'handful' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) handful
as much as the hand will grasp or contain

2. (noun) handful
a hand's breadth; four inches

3. (noun) handful
a small quantity


Translation of 'handful' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: as much as can be held in one hand
a handful of sweets.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hand vol Arabic flag Arabic: حَفْنَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шепа
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mão cheia Czech flag Czech: hrst German flag German: die Handvoll
Danish flag Danish: håndfuld Greek flag Greek: χούφτα Spanish flag Spanish: puñado
Estonian flag Estonian: peotäis Farsi flag Farsi: يك مشت پر Finnish flag Finnish: kourallinen
French flag French: poignée Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוֹפֶן Hindi flag Hindi: मुट्ठी भर
Croatian flag Croatian: (puna)šaka necega Hungarian flag Hungarian: (tele) maréknyi Indonesian flag Indonesian: merepotkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: handfylli Italian flag Italian: manciata, pugno Japanese flag Japanese: ひとつかみ
Korean flag Korean: 한 움큼 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sauja Latvian flag Latvian: riekšava; sauja
Malay flag Malay: segenggam Dutch flag Dutch: handvol Norwegian flag Norwegian: håndfull, neve
Polish flag Polish: garść Persian flag Persian: يك مشت پر Pashto flag Pashto: لپه ، يوموټ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mancheia Romanian flag Romanian: o mână de Russian flag Russian: пригоршня
Slovak flag Slovak: hrsť Slovenian flag Slovenian: peščica Serbian flag Serbian: punašaka
Swedish flag Swedish: näve Thai flag Thai: หนึ่งกำมือ Turkish flag Turkish: avuç (dolusu)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 一把 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пригорща, жменя Urdu flag Urdu: جتنا ہاتھ میں سما سکے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: một nắm Chinese flag Chinese: 一把

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