Meaning of swabful | Babel Free

Definitions

As much as a swab holds.

Examples

“The caterpillars may be trapped in their tents in early morning or late afternoon and extinguished with a swabful of kerosene.”

“Go over the paper which has been laid down on a board⟳ or table top, several times with a swabful of the solution.”

“A swabful of each mixture was smeared onto MacConkey Agar plates containing a single appropriate antibiotic and 250 μg of sodium azide per ml.”

“[…] swabfuls of blood and threw them on the floor like⟳ he was trying to stem the Niagara Falls.”

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