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handful

noun

1 handful

A small number or amount:
— Only a handful of responses were received.

synonym: smattering.

Roget 25: quantity, magnitude; size etc. (dimensions) 192; amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, ... show more

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Roget 103: fewness etc. adj.; paucity, small number; small quantity etc. 32; rarity; infrequency etc. 137; handful, maniple; ... show more

Dutch: handjevol, handvol
Polish: garstka, garść

2 handful

The quantity that can be held in the hand.

synonym: fistful.

Dutch: greep, handbreed, handbreedte, handvol
Polish: garsteczka


Moby thesaurus: Augean task, Herculean task, a few, ace, atom, backbreaker, ballbuster, bit, bitch, bother, chore, couple, dab, dead lift, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf ... show more.

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