forkful [fawrk-foo l] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural fork·fuls.
- the amount a fork can hold.
Origin of forkful 1635–45; fork + -ful, probably on the model of spoonful Usage note See -ful. Examples from the Web for forkful Contemporary Examples of forkful
“Feel my noodle,” he says as he lowers a forkful onto her face.
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Andrew Romano
October 10, 2013
Historical Examples of forkful
I yanked down a forkful of hay for each of them, after I saw to my own horse.
Susan Carleton Jones
My mind was on it all the time, and every forkful was placed with considerate care.
Peter McArthur
Going to the stable, I got a forkful of wet straw and carried it to my bonfire.
Peter McArthur
He had a forkful of hay over the opening when he saw her below.
Gerald Allan Sohl
After tasting his first forkful of food, he gasped, “And none of this ham!”
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
Victor Appleton
Word Origin and History for forkful n.