
mouthful



mouth‧ful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ noun [countable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsmouthful[noun]Synonyms: taste, bit, bite, little, morsel, sample, spoonful, swallow
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarymouth‧ful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
noun [countable]1. an amount of food or drink that you put into your mouth at one time:
Michael told his story between mouthfuls.mouthful of
Betty drank a mouthful of beer.
He took a mouthful of his pudding.2. (a bit of) a mouthful informal a long word or phrase that is difficult to say:
Her real name is a bit of a mouthful, so we just call her Dee.3. give somebody a mouthful informal especially British English to speak angrily to someone, often swearing at them
4. say a mouthful American English informal to say a lot of true and important things about something in a few words
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsmouthful noun ADJ. great, large | small VERB + MOUTHFUL drink, eat, gulp (down), have, swallow, take She took a large mouthful of bread and started to read the letter. | chew | spit (out) | choke on choking on a mouthful of tea PREP. between ~s He told the story between mouthfuls.
through a ~ She answered through a mouthful of cake.
~ of a mouthful of coffee [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Idiomsmouthfulˈmauθful See:
say a mouthful [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲