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chimneyful

chimneyful noun: the amount that fits in a chimney.

Noun

chimneyful (plural chimneyfuls)

  1. The amount that fits in a chimney
    • He put the sticks on the fire, and fetched more, till they had a good crackling chimneyful of blaze. The rippling running yellow flame made them both happy, warmed their faces and their souls.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC

Forms of chimneyful

pluralchimneyfuls

Origin of chimneyful

From chimney + -ful.

Questions about chimneyful

What does chimneyful mean?
Chimneyful means the amount that fits in a chimney.
What part of speech is chimneyful?
Chimneyful is a noun.
What is the plural of chimneyful?
The plural of chimneyful is chimneyfuls.

Words near chimneyful in the dictionary

  1. chimneyboard
  2. chimneyboards
  3. chimneybreast
  4. chimneybreasts
  5. chimneyed
  6. chimneyful
  7. chimneyfuls
  8. chimneyhead
  9. chimneyheads
  10. chimneying
  11. chimneyless

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