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headful

headful noun: an amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.

Noun

headful (plural headfuls or headsful)

  1. An amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.
    • The headful of stories you gather over a lifetime lets you refold the time and space of your history into meaningful, tellable patterns.1994, National Storytelling Association (U.S.), Sheila Dailey, Tales as tools: the power of story in the classroom (page 15)

Adjective

headful (not comparable)

  1. That fills the head of a phage

Forms of headful

pluralheadfuls
pluralheadsful

Origin of headful

From head + -ful.

Questions about headful

What does headful mean?
Headful means an amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.
What part of speech is headful?
Headful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of headful?
The plural of headful is headfuls.

Words near headful in the dictionary

  1. headframe
  2. headframes
  3. headfuck
  4. headfuckery
  5. headfucks
  6. headful
  7. headfuls
  8. headgame
  9. headgames
  10. headgate
  11. headgates

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