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boardful

boardful noun: an amount that fills a board.

Noun

boardful (plural boardfuls or boardsful)

  1. An amount that fills a board.
    • But as systems designers master the use of computer- aided engineering and move toward silicon compilation, they will increasingly reduce those boardsful of logic to single VLSI chips.1990, George Gilder, Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution In Economics And Technology
    • A pattern is usually quickly established in which the professor repeatedly fills the blackboard with equations, copying from handwritten notes, while the students try to copy each boardful into their own notes before it is erased to make room for the next.2001, Jeff Schmidt, Disciplined Minds

Forms of boardful

pluralboardfuls
pluralboardsful

Origin of boardful

From board + -ful.

Questions about boardful

What does boardful mean?
Boardful means an amount that fills a board.
What part of speech is boardful?
Boardful is a noun.
What is the plural of boardful?
The plural of boardful is boardfuls.

Words near boardful in the dictionary

  1. boarder X
  2. boarder-cross
  3. boarder-X
  4. boardercross
  5. boarders
  6. boardful
  7. boardfuls
  8. boardgame
  9. boardgamer
  10. boardgamers
  11. boardgames

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