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hallful

hallful noun: a quantity that fills a hall.

Noun

hallful (plural hallfuls or hallsful)

  1. A quantity that fills a hall.
    • There was no vigor, no activity of the will anywhere in the great, amorphous hallful of humanity; everything truly admirable seemed gone, scamped, ignored, in her talk.1938, Dorothea Brande, My Invincible Aunt, page 239
    • I have unlimbered hallsful of folding chairs; rescued religion textbooks from the holy-water font; served on the Classroom Location committee (you use the four corners of the parish hall and start a novena for folding walls).1962, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 31

Forms of hallful

pluralhallfuls
pluralhallsful

Origin of hallful

From hall + -ful.

Questions about hallful

What does hallful mean?
Hallful means a quantity that fills a hall.
What part of speech is hallful?
Hallful is a noun.
What is the plural of hallful?
The plural of hallful is hallfuls.

Words near hallful in the dictionary

  1. Halley's method
  2. Halleyan
  3. Halleys
  4. Hallford
  5. Hallfords
  6. hallful
  7. hallfuls
  8. Hallgarth
  9. Hallgren
  10. Hallgren syndrome
  11. Hallgrens

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