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frameful

frameful noun: a quantity that fills a frame (any sense).

Noun

frameful (plural framefuls or framesful)

  1. A quantity that fills a frame (any sense).
    • In the old days each frameful was of one colour; but now, by what is called “planting,” an extra colour or two may be worked in the frames, providing it is done judiciously, so as not to produce a perceptible stripe.1896, The Leisure Hour, page 391
    • Spread out the wet mixture of sand and cement so that two framefuls of screened gravel or crushed rock may be placed upon it.1912, Farmers' Bulletin - Issues 476-500, page 11

Examples of frameful in a sentence

  • And all she saw was a frameful of twinkling stars and inky scrub between the posts and lintel of a bush verandah.1913, Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton, Sidney Daryl, Charles Robert Morley, The Pall Mall Magazine - Volume 51, page 320:
  • After you've made a frameful of wall, remove the bolts, detach the frame, and slide it along for the next section.1945, The Rotarian - Volumes 66-69, page 40:
  • I recognize a frameful of typewriter parts put together to resemble a procession of cripples.1968, Madelaine Duke, The Lethal Innocents, page 13:
  • Each box contains ten light wooden frames which enclose the honeycomb so that you can lift it out one frameful at a time.1976, Lloyd E. Eighme, The country way, page 138:

Forms of frameful

pluralframefuls
pluralframesful

Origin of frameful

From frame + -ful.

Questions about frameful

What does frameful mean?
Frameful means a quantity that fills a frame (any sense).
How do you use frameful in a sentence?
And all she saw was a frameful of twinkling stars and inky scrub between the posts and lintel of a bush verandah.
What part of speech is frameful?
Frameful is a noun.
What is the plural of frameful?
The plural of frameful is framefuls.

Words near frameful in the dictionary

  1. framed out
  2. framed up
  3. framedragging
  4. framee
  5. framees
  6. frameful
  7. framefuls
  8. framegrabber
  9. framegrabbers
  10. framehon
  11. frameless

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