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bootful

bootful noun: as much as a boot will hold.

Noun

bootful (plural bootfuls or bootsful)

  1. As much as a boot will hold.
    • a bootful of water
    • The river was quite wide and with a swift current, the shores low and gravelly, as was the bed of the river; but we all managed to get over without accident, except the writer, who, with his usual luck, managed to secure two good bootsful of water.1873, Samuel Hazard, “Cotuy”, in Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 301

Forms of bootful

pluralbootfuls
pluralbootsful

Origin of bootful

From boot + -ful.

Questions about bootful

What does bootful mean?
Bootful means as much as a boot will hold.
What part of speech is bootful?
Bootful is a noun.
What is the plural of bootful?
The plural of bootful is bootfuls.

Words near bootful in the dictionary

  1. Booterstown
  2. bootery
  3. booteth
  4. bootflash
  5. bootflashes
  6. bootful
  7. bootfuls
  8. bootgirl
  9. bootgirls
  10. booth
  11. booth babe

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