Noun: hatful
- As many or as much as a hat will hold
"He collected a hatful of berries from the bushes"
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
"a hatful of letters";
- batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal], scad [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: hatfuls
Type of: containerful, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity