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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.