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boxfuls

boxfuls is the plural of boxful.

Meaning of boxful

Noun

boxful (plural boxfuls or boxesful)

  1. As much as a box will hold.
    • She […] had bought a new dress at Hollander’s and a boxful of toys for the children at Schwartz’s, and had dined once again with Agnes and had had her and Jimmy to dine at the Belmont one evening before a symphony concert.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 284
    Synonyms:
    boxload

Questions about boxfuls

What is boxfuls the plural of?
Boxfuls is the plural of boxful.

Words near boxfuls in the dictionary

  1. boxesful
  2. boxfish
  3. boxfishes
  4. Boxford
  5. boxful
  6. boxfuls
  7. Boxgrove
  8. boxhaul
  9. boxhauled
  10. boxhauling
  11. boxhauls

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