bagful
UK[ˈbæɡfʊɫ]
bagful noun: the amount that fills a bag.
Noun
bagful (plural bagfuls or bagsful)
- The amount that fills a bag.
- She carried a bagful of groceries into the house.
- A large assortment.
- The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.
- They each had, it seemed, a bagful of sermons often preached with great authority, and brought souls low before the altar—like so many ears of corn lopped off by the hired laborer in his daily work […]1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1970, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints)
Synonyms of bagful
Forms of bagful
| plural | bagfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | bagsful |
Origin of bagful
From Middle English bage-ful, bage full, baggeful, bagg-ful; equivalent to bag + -ful.
Questions about bagful
- What does bagful mean?
- Bagful means the amount that fills a bag.
- What part of speech is bagful?
- Bagful is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bagful?
- Bagful is pronounced [ˈbæɡfʊɫ] (UK).
- What is the plural of bagful?
- The plural of bagful is bagfuls.
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