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bushful

bushful noun: as much as a bush holds.

Noun

bushful (plural bushfuls)

  1. As much as a bush holds.
    • What caused the breaking of that twig? — what the low, alarmed twittering in that bushful of birds?1884, Ambrose Bierce, A Tough Tussle
    • The best thing about Hayling Island (apart from its spanners) was its bounteous bushfuls of blackberries, from which I readily grazed.2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home

Forms of bushful

pluralbushfuls

Origin of bushful

From bush + -ful.

Questions about bushful

What does bushful mean?
Bushful means as much as a bush holds.
What part of speech is bushful?
Bushful is a noun.
What is the plural of bushful?
The plural of bushful is bushfuls.

Words near bushful in the dictionary

  1. bushfire
  2. bushfires
  3. bushflight
  4. bushfood
  5. bushfoods
  6. bushful
  7. bushfuls
  8. bushgoat
  9. bushgrass
  10. bushhammer
  11. bushhammered

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