bargeful
bargeful noun: synonym of bargeload (“amount that fills one barge”).
Noun
bargeful (plural bargefuls or bargesful)
- Synonym of bargeload (“amount that fills one barge”).
- The locktenders awoke to a bargeful of timber lodged against their headgate.
- It was four, as a matter of fact, ere a steamer with a melodious bargeful of hounds anchored at that landing.1909, Rudyard Kipling, Little Foxes: A Tale Of The Gihon Hunt
- Synonyms:
- bargeload
Examples of bargeful in a sentence
- Under the overhanging shop of silks, each day a bargeful of boys and girls passed up the Thames, and what was their picnic?1945, Marguerite Young, Angel in the Forest, page 86:
- For prevention of foul smell from the mud discharged, one bagful of deodorant agent (20 kg) is spread over one bargeful of mud.1984, Management of Bottom Sediments Containing Toxic Substances:
- Bargeful after bargeful was pulled across the river.2012, Egbert Kieser, Prussian Apocalypse: The Fall of Danzig 1945:
Synonyms of bargeful
Forms of bargeful
| plural | bargefuls |
|---|---|
| plural | bargesful |
Origin of bargeful
From barge + -ful.
Questions about bargeful
- What does bargeful mean?
- Bargeful means synonym of bargeload (“amount that fills one barge”).
- How do you use bargeful in a sentence?
- Under the overhanging shop of silks, each day a bargeful of boys and girls passed up the Thames, and what was their picnic?
- What part of speech is bargeful?
- Bargeful is a noun.
- What is the plural of bargeful?
- The plural of bargeful is bargefuls.
Words near bargeful in the dictionary
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