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hoodful

hoodful noun: enough to fill a hood.

Noun

hoodful (plural hoodfuls)

  1. (rare) Enough to fill a hood.
    • I cautiously raised the hood, freed a hoodful of smoke-steam, but there was no flame. As the smoke blew away I leaned over the radiator. I didn't expect to see anything that made sense to me; I don't know a distributor from a water pump.1960, Berry Fleming, The Winter Rider, page 24

Forms of hoodful

pluralhoodfuls

Origin of hoodful

From hood + -ful.

Questions about hoodful

What does hoodful mean?
Hoodful means enough to fill a hood.
What part of speech is hoodful?
Hoodful is a noun.
What is the plural of hoodful?
The plural of hoodful is hoodfuls.

Words near hoodful in the dictionary

  1. hoodfished
  2. hoodfisher
  3. hoodfishers
  4. hoodfishes
  5. hoodfishing
  6. hoodful
  7. hoodfuls
  8. hoodia
  9. hoodias
  10. hoodie
  11. hoodiecrow

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