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nightfuls

nightfuls is the plural of nightful.

Meaning of nightful

Noun

nightful (plural nightfuls or nightsful)

  1. All that occurs or is done during a single night.
    • Interpreting dreams was interpreting dreamers, finding what function was performed for the dreamer by specific dreams, or by nightsful of dreams, or by a dream series.1970, Harmon Hartzell Bro, Dreams in the Life of Prayer: The Approach of Edgar Cayce, page 43
  2. As much as is produced or consumed throughout an entire night.
    • And now, in March, when back home in Iowa thoughts of plowing were making folks restless, and spring was only a matter of a morning's rain or shine (either would bring it), snow had fallen again—a whole nightful of it.1934, The North American Review, page 31

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Questions about nightfuls

What is nightfuls the plural of?
Nightfuls is the plural of nightful.

Words near nightfuls in the dictionary

  1. nightfowls
  2. nightfright
  3. nightfrights
  4. nightful
  5. nightfulness
  6. nightfuls
  7. nightgame
  8. nightgear
  9. nightgears
  10. nightglass
  11. nightglasses

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