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flockful

flockful noun: the amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).

Noun

flockful (plural flockfuls)

  1. The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).
    • A flockful of late-season tourists, animated and colorful, buzzing and warm, laden and anticipatory, was waiting to board the steamer or had just come out of it.1971, Everett S. Allen, This Quiet Place: A Cape Cod Chronicle, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 250

Forms of flockful

pluralflockfuls

Origin of flockful

From flock + -ful.

Questions about flockful

What does flockful mean?
Flockful means the amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).
What part of speech is flockful?
Flockful is a noun.
What is the plural of flockful?
The plural of flockful is flockfuls.

Words near flockful in the dictionary

  1. flocken
  2. flocker
  3. flockers
  4. flockes
  5. flocketh
  6. flockful
  7. flockfuls
  8. flockier
  9. flockiest
  10. flocking
  11. flocking together

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