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kennelful

kennelful noun: as much as a kennel will hold.

Noun

kennelful (plural kennelfuls or kennelsful)

  1. As much as a kennel will hold.
    • "They all yelped, I remember, like a kennelful of puppies. It was their preposterous claim that I should read their hare-brained literature which caused me to display some little heat."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Forms of kennelful

pluralkennelfuls
pluralkennelsful

Origin of kennelful

From kennel + -ful.

Questions about kennelful

What does kennelful mean?
Kennelful means as much as a kennel will hold.
What part of speech is kennelful?
Kennelful is a noun.
What is the plural of kennelful?
The plural of kennelful is kennelfuls.

Words near kennelful in the dictionary

  1. kennel raker
  2. kennel rakers
  3. kennel-raker
  4. kennel-rakers
  5. kenneled
  6. kennelful
  7. kennelfuls
  8. kenneling
  9. Kennell
  10. kennelled
  11. kennellike

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