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breastful

breastful noun: the amount that a breast will carry or hold.

Noun

breastful (plural breastfuls or breastsful)

  1. The amount that a breast will carry or hold.
    • Enough for Him whom cherubim Worship night and day, A breastful of milk And a mangerful of hay; Enough for Him whom angels Fall down before, The ox and ass and camel Which adore.1900, Harrison S. Morris, In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV)
    • And again he inhaled a prodigious breastful of the mountain air. "1910, Algernon Blackwood, The Human Chord

Forms of breastful

pluralbreastfuls
pluralbreastsful

Origin of breastful

From breast + -ful.

Questions about breastful

What does breastful mean?
Breastful means the amount that a breast will carry or hold.
What part of speech is breastful?
Breastful is a noun.
What is the plural of breastful?
The plural of breastful is breastfuls.

Words near breastful in the dictionary

  1. breastfeeders
  2. breastfeeding
  3. breastfeedings
  4. breastfeeds
  5. breastflesh
  6. breastful
  7. breastfuls
  8. breastgirth
  9. breastgirths
  10. breastheight
  11. breasthook

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