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globeful

globeful noun: as much or as many as would fill a globe.

Noun

globeful (plural globefuls)

  1. As much or as many as would fill a globe.
    • Even in her daze of misery she was conscious of that keen thrill as she stood in the radiance. Shaft of dense black above its center, quivering circles on the asphalt set in circles of black. Off into the city's heart the great globefuls of white fire marked wide way.1918, Louise Dunham Goldsberry, “Out of the Depths”, in Ted: And Some Other Stories, Boston, M.A.: The Gorham Press, page 146
    • The wonderful thing about a zoo is that you can see an entire globeful of nature's inventiveness in a few accessible acres.1992, Janine M. Benyus, Beastly Behaviors: A Zoo Lovers Companion, Reading, M.A. […]: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 3

Forms of globeful

pluralglobefuls

Origin of globeful

From globe + -ful.

Questions about globeful

What does globeful mean?
Globeful means as much or as many as would fill a globe.
What part of speech is globeful?
Globeful is a noun.
What is the plural of globeful?
The plural of globeful is globefuls.

Words near globeful in the dictionary

  1. globed
  2. globefish
  3. globefishes
  4. globeflower
  5. globeflowers
  6. globeful
  7. globefuls
  8. globehead
  9. globehead whiptail
  10. globehead whiptails
  11. globeheads

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