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hiveful

hiveful noun: the amount contained in a hive.

Noun

hiveful (plural hivefuls)

  1. The amount contained in a hive.
    • We are arranging for the storing and unpacking of all the equipment, — and as it ranges from rock crushers to flash lights, — and has all to be listed, checked with an invoice from the states, — stored according to classification and then cross indexed in a filing system, I am as busy as several...1921, Kermit Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt: A Sketch with Letters, page 54
    • The 37,000 bee loads per pound result in a total bee mileage of about 30,000—or twice around the globe—for a hiveful of bees making their average about 100 pounds of honey in a season.1987, U.C. Chopra, The Amazing World of Insects

Forms of hiveful

pluralhivefuls

Origin of hiveful

From hive + -ful.

Questions about hiveful

What does hiveful mean?
Hiveful means the amount contained in a hive.
What part of speech is hiveful?
Hiveful is a noun.
What is the plural of hiveful?
The plural of hiveful is hivefuls.

Words near hiveful in the dictionary

  1. hive-off
  2. hive-offs
  3. hived
  4. hived off
  5. hived up
  6. hiveful
  7. hivefuls
  8. hiveless
  9. hivelike
  10. Hively
  11. Hivelys

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