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{
"term": "handful",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the amount of something that can be held in one hand",
"sensetop": "handful (of something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a handful of rice"
},
{
"text": "She scooped up handfuls of loose earth."
},
{
"text": "She bent and pulled up a double handful of weeds."
},
{
"text": "She grabbed handfuls of the dirty snow."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "double"],
"preposition": ["handful of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a small number of people or things",
"sensetop": "handful (of somebody/something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Only a handful of people came."
},
{
"text": "They cannot hope to win more than a handful of seats at the next election."
},
{
"text": "We have received only a handful of emails on this subject."
},
{
"text": "She has a good handful of (= several) Hollywood roles under her belt."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["small", "tiny", "mere"],
"preposition": ["handful of"],
"phrases": [
"just a handful of something",
"only a handful of something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person or an animal that is difficult to control",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her children can be a real handful."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhændfʊl/",
"audio": "ha/handful/handful__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhændfʊl/",
"audio": "ha/handful/handful__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}