handfuls
SayHAND-fuulz/ˈhæn(d)fʊlz/
- 1Plural of handful.
He scattered handfuls of breadcrumbs for the ducks by the pond.
Only a few handfuls of berries remained on the bush after the storm.
Note
The plural treats the compound as a single noun, so the -s goes at the very end rather than on hand. Most often it counts separate grabbed amounts, as in handfuls of rice or sand. It carries the looser senses too: handfuls of volunteers are several small groups, and in informal speech two restless children can both be handfuls, meaning hard to manage.
handfuls is a form of handful
handful, noun: The quantity that one hand can grasp or hold at a single time. Full entry
- Spelling
- handful → handfuls: add -s
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