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decadeful

decadeful noun: the amount that fills or is produced in a decade.

Noun

decadeful (plural decadefuls or decadesful)

  1. The amount that fills or is produced in a decade.
    • A retrospective gives us a decadeful of his watercolors.1979 December 3, Nancy McKeon, “Best Bets”, in New York Magazine, volume 12, number 47, page 89
    • Because really I've come to measure my life in decadefuls.1983, N. C. Manganyi, Exiles and Homecomings: A Biography of Es'kia Mphahlele, page 287

Forms of decadeful

pluraldecadefuls
pluraldecadesful

Origin of decadeful

From decade + -ful.

Questions about decadeful

What does decadeful mean?
Decadeful means the amount that fills or is produced in a decade.
What part of speech is decadeful?
Decadeful is a noun.
What is the plural of decadeful?
The plural of decadeful is decadefuls.

Words near decadeful in the dictionary

  1. decade counters
  2. decade long
  3. Decade Volcano
  4. Decade Volcanoes
  5. decade-long
  6. decadeful
  7. decadefuls
  8. decadelong
  9. decadely
  10. decadence
  11. decadences

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