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bottomful

bottomful noun: the amount that a bottom (all senses) can hold.

Noun

bottomful (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The amount that a bottom (all senses) can hold.
    • Early in each picking session , I was able to answer the question quite accurately by "I have almost a bottomful” or by “ I have a little more than a bottomful.”1990, Reino Nikolai Hannula, Bluberry God
    • “Did you ever see,”—the barrister's wife was frowning now—"a bottomful of monkeys? That is to say, a cageful of blooming monkey bottoms?”2002, Patrick White, Riders in the Chariot, page 323

Origin of bottomful

From bottom + -ful.

Questions about bottomful

What does bottomful mean?
Bottomful means the amount that a bottom (all senses) can hold.
What part of speech is bottomful?
Bottomful is a noun.

Words near bottomful in the dictionary

  1. bottomfeeder
  2. bottomfeeders
  3. bottomfeeding
  4. bottomfish
  5. bottomfishes
  6. bottomful
  7. bottomgate
  8. bottomgates
  9. bottomhood
  10. bottoming
  11. bottoming on

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