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cemeteryful

cemeteryful noun: as much as a cemetery would hold.

Noun

cemeteryful (plural cemeteryfuls)

  1. (humorous, rare) As much as a cemetery would hold.
    • [Albert:] In my time a whole cemeteryful of constituents could sweep you into office.1960 January 22, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 113
    • Depend upon it, this place was built by a cemeteryful of old people, who, making a successful rise against death, have carried the place by assault, and, bringing their gravestones with them, have contrived to build the city, in which they are trying to look alive.1978, Frederick Busch, The Mutual Friend, reprint, published 1994, →ISBN, page 114

Forms of cemeteryful

pluralcemeteryfuls

Origin of cemeteryful

From cemetery + -ful.

Questions about cemeteryful

What does cemeteryful mean?
Cemeteryful means as much as a cemetery would hold.
What part of speech is cemeteryful?
Cemeteryful is a noun.
What is the plural of cemeteryful?
The plural of cemeteryful is cemeteryfuls.

Words near cemeteryful in the dictionary

  1. cemetery guns
  2. Cemetery H culture
  3. cemetery vote
  4. cemetery votes
  5. cemetery voting
  6. cemeteryful
  7. cemeteryfuls
  8. cemeterylike
  9. cemevi
  10. cemevis
  11. CEMF

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