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heapful

heapful noun: enough to form a heap; a large number or amount of something.

Noun

heapful (plural heapfuls or heapsful)

  1. Enough to form a heap; a large number or amount of something.
    • This is a great opportunity to save heapsful.1926 February 10, “Kaufman’s Final Clearance of All Coats That Were $49.75 to $85”, in The Evening News, number 2787, Harrisburg, Pa., page three
    • True, there was no turkey, there were no cranberries or pumpkin pie―but the “Y” and company funds had provided heapfuls of tasty substitutes and that same reverent feeling of gratitude which pervaded Thanksgiving Day was again present beneath the surface of things.1988, Carl Edward Glock, History of the 316th Regiment of Infantry in the World War, 1918

Forms of heapful

pluralheapfuls
pluralheapsful

Origin of heapful

From heap + -ful.

Questions about heapful

What does heapful mean?
Heapful means enough to form a heap; a large number or amount of something.
What part of speech is heapful?
Heapful is a noun.
What is the plural of heapful?
The plural of heapful is heapfuls.

Words near heapful in the dictionary

  1. heaper
  2. heapers
  3. heapest
  4. heapeth
  5. Heapey
  6. heapful
  7. heapfuls
  8. Heaphy
  9. Heaphys
  10. heapier
  11. heapiest

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