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blanketful

blanketful noun: as much as fits on or can be carried in a blanket.

Noun

blanketful (plural blanketsful or blanketfuls)

  1. As much as fits on or can be carried in a blanket.
    • Blanketful after blanketful is picked , husks and all , and carried to some distant wooded hill where the soil is solid .1920, F.H. Cushing, Zuñi Breadstuff, page 204
    • The boys had made the chamber opposite the entrance to the cave into their bedroom, and had brought back blanketful after blanketful of fire leaves to sleep on and to cushion the bottom of the slide .2013, Benji Alexander Palus, The Magic Pumpkin, page 230

Forms of blanketful

pluralblanketsful
pluralblanketfuls

Origin of blanketful

From blanket + -ful.

Questions about blanketful

What does blanketful mean?
Blanketful means as much as fits on or can be carried in a blanket.
What part of speech is blanketful?
Blanketful is a noun.
What is the plural of blanketful?
The plural of blanketful is blanketsful.

Words near blanketful in the dictionary

  1. Blanketeer
  2. Blanketeering
  3. Blanketeers
  4. blanketflower
  5. blanketflowers
  6. blanketful
  7. blanketfuls
  8. blanketing
  9. blanketings
  10. blanketless
  11. blanketlessness

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