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chestful

chestful noun: as much as a chest will hold.

Noun

chestful (plural chestfuls or chestsful)

  1. As much as a chest will hold
    • and so we sent the boat, and took him off by night, him and the rest of them and a whole chestful of money1839, Robert Montgomery Bird, The Adventures of Robin Day
    • When Cabot Lodge came home from the war with a chestful of medals . . .1973 Alden Hatch - The Lodges of Massachusetts

Forms of chestful

pluralchestfuls
pluralchestsful

Origin of chestful

From chest + -ful.

Questions about chestful

What does chestful mean?
Chestful means as much as a chest will hold.
What part of speech is chestful?
Chestful is a noun.
What is the plural of chestful?
The plural of chestful is chestfuls.

Words near chestful in the dictionary

  1. chestfeeder
  2. chestfeeders
  3. chestfeeding
  4. chestfeeds
  5. Chestfield
  6. chestful
  7. chestfuls
  8. chestguard
  9. chestguards
  10. chesthair
  11. chesticle

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