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campful

campful noun: a quantity that fills a camp.

Noun

campful (plural campfuls or campsful)

  1. A quantity that fills a camp.
    • Brighton, and a whole campful of soldiers to us, who have been overset already by one poor regiment of militia, and the monthly balls of Meryton!1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    • I cannot bear to be carried in this plight, like a half-weaned infant, through your campful of grinning yokels.1889, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke

Examples of campful in a sentence

  • He pointed out that a campful of men alone in the woods can go a little loco sometimes.2012, Kris Saknussemm, Sea Monkeys: A Memory Book, page 110:
  • As we came in to land, I had a fine view of the campfuls of 'volunteers' outside the city.2014, John Brunner, The Crucible of Time:

Forms of campful

pluralcampfuls
pluralcampsful

Origin of campful

From camp + -ful.

Questions about campful

What does campful mean?
Campful means a quantity that fills a camp.
How do you use campful in a sentence?
He pointed out that a campful of men alone in the woods can go a little loco sometimes.
What part of speech is campful?
Campful is a noun.
What is the plural of campful?
The plural of campful is campfuls.

Words near campful in the dictionary

  1. campfire songs
  2. campfire stories
  3. campfire story
  4. campfirelight
  5. campfires
  6. campful
  7. campfuls
  8. Campgaw
  9. campground
  10. campgrounds
  11. camphane

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