{
    "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
}