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browful

browful noun: enough to cover or fill the brow.

Noun

browful (plural browfuls)

  1. Enough to cover or fill the brow.
    • During these two decades I have lost most of my hair and gained a browful of wrinkles1946, The Chicago Theological Seminary Register
    • But even Rodman's quip had no effect on Howard's browful of thought.1996, Robert DiChiara, Alibis, page 99

Examples of browful in a sentence

  • "Gosh, I coulda had six V8s!" he said, grinning to himself, as he wiped a browful of sweat on a rumpled sleeve.1998, Eric Lee, Ill Conceived, page 6:
  • A browful of horns ripped through peagreen minty foliage.2011, Ian Watson, Lucky's Harvest: Mana:

Forms of browful

pluralbrowfuls

Origin of browful

From brow + -ful.

Questions about browful

What does browful mean?
Browful means enough to cover or fill the brow.
How do you use browful in a sentence?
"Gosh, I coulda had six V8s!" he said, grinning to himself, as he wiped a browful of sweat on a rumpled sleeve.
What part of speech is browful?
Browful is a noun.
What is the plural of browful?
The plural of browful is browfuls.

Words near browful in the dictionary

  1. Browder
  2. Browders
  3. browed
  4. Brower
  5. Browers
  6. browful
  7. browfuls
  8. browing
  9. browis
  10. browjans
  11. browless

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