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lungful

lungful noun: as much as the lungs will hold.

Noun

lungful (plural lungfuls or lungsful)

  1. As much as the lungs will hold.
    • The diver took in lungfuls of air as he returned to the surface.
    • For there are many kinds of freedom, not just the ones that involve surf and lungfuls of fresh air.2014, Rebecca Ley, “City versus country childhoods”, in The Guardian, +201 December 2014

Forms of lungful

plurallungfuls
plurallungsful

Origin of lungful

From lung + -ful.

Questions about lungful

What does lungful mean?
Lungful means as much as the lungs will hold.
What part of speech is lungful?
Lungful is a noun.
What is the plural of lungful?
The plural of lungful is lungfuls.

Words near lungful in the dictionary

  1. lungers
  2. lunges
  3. Lungești
  4. lungfish
  5. lungfishes
  6. lungful
  7. lungfuls
  8. Lunghai
  9. lunghi
  10. lunghis
  11. lungi

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