brimful
/ˈbɹɪmfʊl/
brimful adjective: filled to maximum capacity.
Adjective
brimful (not comparable)
- Filled to maximum capacity.
- So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
- And better still come back cried Sydney (how often she remembered that valediction later on!). And then she hovered, as blithe as a bee, about the doctor, beguiHug him into tales of when he and his Moll were young, and what a pretty woman she was, till by-and-by Mary came smiliug back, reporting...1887, Alice Price, A Wilful Young Woman, Hurst and Blackett, pages 290-291
- Synonyms:
- to the brim, chock full
Noun
brimful (plural brimfuls)
- The maximum amount a container can hold.
- If the glass is cracked, it cannot contain a brimful of water; and if and only if the water is calm enough, it can reflect the moon in the sky without distortion.2001, P. Koslowski, The Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 17
- As I listened to the words as they were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I sounded like Ozzy Osborne after three brimfuls of Merlot and a handful of Vicodin .2012, Thaddeus Hatter, Malice in Wonderland: What Every Law Student Should Have for the Trip, The Fine Print Press, →ISBN
- A large amount.
- Brimful of Asha on the forty-five / Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five1997, Tjinder Singh, “Brimful Of Asha”, performed by Cornershop
- Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.2002, Hayley Ann Solomon, A Scandalous Connection, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN
brimful meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
brimful in Urdu
- لب ریز
brimful in Malayalam
- brimming, full (up), filled to the brim
- വക്കോളംനിറഞ്ഞ, നിറഞ്ഞുതുളുമ്പുന്ന, വക്കുവരെയായ, നിറഞ്ഞു തൂകുമാറായ, വക്കോളമായ, വക്കുവരെ നിറഞ്ഞ
Synonyms of brimful
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Forms of brimful
| plural | brimfuls |
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Origin of brimful
From brim + -ful.
Words formed from brimful
Questions about brimful
- What does brimful mean?
- Brimful means filled to maximum capacity.
- What is brimful in Urdu?
- Brimful in Urdu is لب ریز. See Brimful meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is brimful?
- Brimful can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce brimful?
- Brimful is pronounced /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/.
Words near brimful in the dictionary
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