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ankleful

ankleful noun: a quantity that covers or fills an ankle.

Noun

ankleful (plural anklefuls or anklesful)

  1. A quantity that covers or fills an ankle.
    • But you do want to redirect the energy so that you don't wind up catching an ankleful of claws, says Margaret Thompson, D.V.M., a veterinarian in Colleyville, Texas.2000, PetSpeak: Share Your Pet's Secret Language!
    • They snow the shop floor blind, anklefuls, silencing footfall, corkscrewing in blocks of sun — how light and illiterate with glee they settle.2001, Indiana Review - Volume 23, page 103

Forms of ankleful

pluralanklefuls
pluralanklesful

Origin of ankleful

From ankle + -ful.

Questions about ankleful

What does ankleful mean?
Ankleful means a quantity that covers or fills an ankle.
What part of speech is ankleful?
Ankleful is a noun.
What is the plural of ankleful?
The plural of ankleful is anklefuls.

Words near ankleful in the dictionary

  1. anklebiter
  2. anklebiters
  3. anklebone
  4. anklebones
  5. ankled
  6. ankleful
  7. anklefuls
  8. ankleless
  9. anklelike
  10. anklelock
  11. anklelocks

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