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gravefuls

gravefuls is the plural of graveful.

Meaning of graveful

Noun

graveful (plural gravefuls or gravesful)

  1. Enough to fill a grave.
    • Cold damp sweat oozed from my temples; there was a dull heavy pressure upon my chest, as if there was the weight of a graveful of earth upon it; […] My senses left me, and when the men took me out, I seemed very likely to have real need of the coffin into which they had put me for fun.1866, John Whittaker, “Billy Blake’s Best Coffin. A Lancashire Sketch.”, in Once a Week, Bradbury, Evans, & Co., page 15

Questions about gravefuls

What is gravefuls the plural of?
Gravefuls is the plural of graveful.

Words near gravefuls in the dictionary

  1. gravedigging
  2. gravedines
  3. gravedo
  4. gravedom
  5. graveful
  6. gravefuls
  7. gravegliaite
  8. gravekeeper
  9. gravekeepers
  10. gravel
  11. gravel bicycle

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