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cartful

cartful noun: as much as a cart will hold.

Noun

cartful (plural cartfuls or cartsful)

  1. As much as a cart will hold.
    • My first trip was a shopping run to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, where the Acadia swallowed a cartful of groceries without even folding the third-row seat.2007 March 25, Lawrence Ulrich, “G.M. Makes a Grand Entrance, at Last, to the Crossover Ball”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    cartload

Synonyms of cartful

Forms of cartful

pluralcartfuls
pluralcartsful

Origin of cartful

From Middle English cartful, cartfull, cartefull, equivalent to cart + -ful.

Questions about cartful

What does cartful mean?
Cartful means as much as a cart will hold.
What part of speech is cartful?
Cartful is a noun.
What is the plural of cartful?
The plural of cartful is cartfuls.

Words near cartful in the dictionary

  1. Cartesian square
  2. Cartesian squares
  3. Cartesian well
  4. Cartesianism
  5. Cartesians
  6. cartful
  7. cartfuls
  8. Carthage
  9. Carthaginian
  10. Carthaginian peace
  11. Carthaginian peaces

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