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gloveful

gloveful noun: as much as a glove can hold.

Noun

gloveful (plural glovefuls or glovesful)

  1. As much as a glove can hold.
    • She could stand on a rocky surface, scoop up a gloveful of dirt, and explore extinct volcanoes and ancient canyons.
    • [Abe] Roth stepped between the boys, the fans thinking he was going to stop the slaughter. He didn’t and [Nick] Peters threw in 15 glovesful that dropped [Orville] Drouillard for nine.1938 February 26, Ken Frogley, “Peters TKOs Drouillard In 6th Round”, in Daily News, volume 15, number 153, Los Angeles, Calif., page 15

Forms of gloveful

pluralglovefuls
pluralglovesful

Origin of gloveful

From glove + -ful.

Questions about gloveful

What does gloveful mean?
Gloveful means as much as a glove can hold.
What part of speech is gloveful?
Gloveful is a noun.
What is the plural of gloveful?
The plural of gloveful is glovefuls.

Words near gloveful in the dictionary

  1. glovebags
  2. glovebox
  3. gloveboxes
  4. gloved
  5. gloved up
  6. gloveful
  7. glovefuls
  8. gloveless
  9. glovelessly
  10. glovelessness
  11. glovelike

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