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minefuls

minefuls is the plural of mineful.

Meaning of mineful

Noun

mineful (plural minefuls)

  1. An amount sufficient to fill a mine.
    • The Americans abandoned what had become a more than useless concession, and to-day a mineful of water, colored with copper sulphates and lapping undetermined streaks of ore, remains the property of the Virgin of Cobre.1920, Harry A. Frank, Roaming through the West Indies, Blue Ribbon Books, unnumbered page
  2. (figuratively) A large amount, particularly of something obtained through mining.
    • Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure,
      A goblet, that's full to the brim,1892, Horace Smith, “My Boating Song”, in Interludes: Being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses, Macmillan and Co, page 117

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What is minefuls the plural of?
Minefuls is the plural of mineful.

Words near minefuls in the dictionary

  1. minefield
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  4. minefields
  5. mineful
  6. minefuls
  7. Minegishi
  8. Minegishis
  9. Minehead
  10. Minehead Without
  11. minehillite

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