Meaning of coffeepotful | Babel Free

Definitions

As much as a coffee pot will hold.

Examples

“Wash a coffeepotful of rice in two or three waters, then let it soak all night in three pints of new milk.”

“Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of cocoanut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream.”

“I kept the bullet around to show to folks a long time, but somebody carried it off. Somebody always does carry off my relics. I had a coffee[-]potful.”

“Then add the curry powder, a little salt, a small piece of coconut grated, and a coffeepotful of rich milk or cream.”

“The farmers are all happy, but then, well—it only takes a coffee-pot-ful of water to make the average Kansas farmer think he is rich.”

“Whip a pint of thick cream, add it to a quarter of a pint or half a big coffeepotful of cool but liquid aspic jelly, and a desert^([sic]) spoonful of sherry.”

“Whenever coffee is served after a meal, it is thoughtful to offer a decaffeinated brew as well. If a number of guests have requested it, you might make a coffeepotful. But if it is just one or two persons, you can perfectly well serve them a decaffeinated coffee powder, and a pot of boiling water.”

““Why,” he protested, “it’s just a castor bean!” “It came up about a year ago,” I said. “Planted itself right where I wanted a green something. I kept it from freezing last winter. I put boxes around it to break the wind, and on cold nights I covered it with gunnysacks. Every morning I pour a coffeepotful of water on it.””

“Let us examine the lattice energy of common table salt (NaCl). One mole of NaCl weighs 58.5 grams, which is perhaps three tablespoonfuls. The lattice energy of NaCl is the amount of heat needed to put into this small amount of salt, first to melt it, then to bring it to its boiling point and vaporize it and finally to distribute the gaseous Na⁺ and Cl⁻ evenly throughout the entire known universe and for an infinite distance beyond. The quantity of heat required to do this is a mere 180 kilocalories, just about enough to bring a coffeepotful of water to a boil from room temperature.”

“It was a restaurant, and for $9, I was lavished by my very own waiter with white linen and wine, steak and vegetables and a miniature drip coffeepotful of the best.”

“And, finally, sitting — as promised — at home plate, with an occasional coffeepotful of beer, until the sun came up the morning after the Tigers clinched the championship.”

“Anderson declined to say how great a disparity existed, saying only that it was more than a coffeepotful and was substantial.”

“Around eight I stopped feeding the fire and started carrying coffeepotfuls of water to douse the ashes.”

“He turned his body back and forth in front of the blaze till he began to feel like his bones had thawed out, then poured a coffeepotful of water on the fire.”

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