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brakeful

brakeful noun: enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

Noun

brakeful (plural brakefuls)

  1. Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
    • Once she had been like some spirited young horse, dragging a brakeful of people to happiness. But of late she had felt their weight.1913, Lady Lawrence, Tess Harcourt, page 239
    Synonyms:
    brakeload

Synonyms of brakeful

Forms of brakeful

pluralbrakefuls

Origin of brakeful

From brake + -ful.

Questions about brakeful

What does brakeful mean?
Brakeful means enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
What part of speech is brakeful?
Brakeful is a noun.
What is the plural of brakeful?
The plural of brakeful is brakefuls.

Words near brakeful in the dictionary

  1. brakedrums
  2. Brakefield
  3. Brakefields
  4. brakeforce
  5. brakeforces
  6. brakeful
  7. brakefuls
  8. brakegear
  9. brakeless
  10. brakelessness
  11. brakelight

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