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deskful

deskful noun: the amount that a desk will hold.

Noun

deskful (plural deskfuls or desksful)

  1. The amount that a desk will hold.
    • So far as you know, after Ribbentrop had received this deskful of complaints from the Vatican, which he neither read nor acknowledged, did Ribbentrop take any steps or do anything to find out whether those complaints were justified and true, or did he not?1947, Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946: Proceedings
    • The main idea generates other ideas, which follow in natural order: He hated to go home because he knew he would have to face his nagging wife and a deskful of unpaid bills and his unruly children.1974, Glen Love, Lucile Aly, Mildred Gilbertson, Plots and plans: structure for rhetoric, page 105

Forms of deskful

pluraldeskfuls
pluraldesksful

Origin of deskful

From desk + -ful.

Questions about deskful

What does deskful mean?
Deskful means the amount that a desk will hold.
What part of speech is deskful?
Deskful is a noun.
What is the plural of deskful?
The plural of deskful is deskfuls.

Words near deskful in the dictionary

  1. deskewed
  2. deskewing
  3. deskews
  4. deskfast
  5. deskfasts
  6. deskful
  7. deskfuls
  8. deskie
  9. deskies
  10. deskill
  11. deskilled

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