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coatfuls

coatfuls is the plural of coatful.

Meaning of coatful

Noun

coatful (plural coatfuls or coatsful)

  1. The amount that a coat can hold.
    • And here we walk in the house with two coatfuls and armfuls of these bulbs.1981, Michael Jackson, Jessica Jackson, Bruce Jackson, Your father's not coming home any more, page 53
  2. A quantity that is contained within a coat.
    • A coatful of wind is called an admiral.1930, Life - Volume 96, page 8
  3. A quantity that sits on a coat.
    • And when Franz Liszt sat down at the piano, sporting shoulder-length hair and a coatful of glittering medals, the ladies threw their jewels onto the stage, battled over his gloves and even his cigar butts, and of course swooned.1977, Charles Veley, Catching up, page 149

Questions about coatfuls

What is coatfuls the plural of?
Coatfuls is the plural of coatful.

Words near coatfuls in the dictionary

  1. coaters
  2. coates
  3. Coatesville
  4. coateth
  5. coatful
  6. coatfuls
  7. coath
  8. Coatham Mundeville
  9. coathanger
  10. coathangers
  11. coathing

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