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laneful

laneful noun: a quantity that fills a lane.

Noun

laneful (plural lanefuls or lanesful)

  1. A quantity that fills a lane.
    • He had no taste for the northern plough; nor, on the other hand, did he intend to run his head against the laneful of carriage and foot folk, that apparently cut him off from the best of the Vale of Belvoir.1935, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland, Memories of Racing and Hunting, page 203
    • "Muuh, muuh, moo, moo," the calls came thick and fast. They sounded like a whole laneful of heifers.1968, Irene E. Cory, Pawdie, page 85

Forms of laneful

plurallanefuls
plurallanesful

Origin of laneful

From lane + -ful.

Questions about laneful

What does laneful mean?
Laneful means a quantity that fills a lane.
What part of speech is laneful?
Laneful is a noun.
What is the plural of laneful?
The plural of laneful is lanefuls.

Words near laneful in the dictionary

  1. lane snapper
  2. lane snappers
  3. lane violation
  4. lane violations
  5. laned
  6. laneful
  7. lanefuls
  8. lanekeeping
  9. laneless
  10. Lanena
  11. laner

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