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boatful

boatful noun: enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question.

Noun

boatful (plural boatfuls or boatsful)

  1. Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
    • The city consumes boatfuls of fish every day.
    • Often sponsored by publishers, the cruises, aboard commercial liners, feature popular authors who give readings and seminars -- even knitting lessons -- to boatfuls of book lovers.2007 January 1, Amy Cortese, “At Sea With a Book to Read, and the Author of It, Too”, in New York Times

Forms of boatful

pluralboatfuls
pluralboatsful

Origin of boatful

From Middle English botefull, botfull, equivalent to boat + -ful.

Questions about boatful

What does boatful mean?
Boatful means enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question.
What part of speech is boatful?
Boatful is a noun.
What is the plural of boatful?
The plural of boatful is boatfuls.

Words near boatful in the dictionary

  1. boater
  2. boatercycle
  3. boatercycles
  4. boaters
  5. boates
  6. boatful
  7. boatfuls
  8. Boath
  9. boathook
  10. boathooks
  11. boathorse

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