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barful

barful adjective: full of obstructions.

Adjective

barful (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Full of obstructions.

Noun

barful (plural barfuls or barsful)

  1. Enough to fill a bar (drinking establishment).
    • I want to go up to strangers on the street or people in my office and say “Please let me tell you about this very important thing that’s happened to me.” The way they say people in love want to shout it from the roof tops and new fathers buttonhole strangers with cigars and winners of lottery...1974, Mary Arkley Carter, A Member of the Family, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 27
    • There were also complaints from whole barsful of newspapermen, hacks and craftsmen alike, that this was the way they had been trying to write all along, only to be shot down by their desks.1975, Michael Kernan, “What Is Ward Just Doing Writing These Tales When We All Know Nobody Reads Them Anymore, and Other Stories”, in Laura Longley Babb, editor, Writing in Style: From the Style...
    Synonyms:
    barload

Synonyms of barful

Forms of barful

pluralbarfuls
pluralbarsful

Origin of barful

From bar + -ful.

Questions about barful

What does barful mean?
Barful means full of obstructions.
What part of speech is barful?
Barful can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near barful in the dictionary

  1. Barford
  2. Barfords
  3. barfs
  4. barfs out
  5. barftastic
  6. barful
  7. barfulous
  8. barfuls
  9. Barfuss
  10. Barfusses
  11. barfworthy

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