oceanful
oceanful noun: the amount that an ocean can hold.
Noun
oceanful (plural oceanfuls or oceansful)
- The amount that an ocean can hold.
- Does He go forth to create water, He pours it out, not by the cupful, but by a riverful, a lakeful, an oceanful, pouring it out until all the earth has enough to drink, and enough with which to wash.1875, J V D. S, Choice readings for every day in the year, selected [by J.V.D.S.] from the works of T.D.W. Talmage, page 181
- It wrestled with the tempests, it spread roots and arms a hundred feet, and towered into the air, drinking with its myriads of leaves sunshine and air by the oceanful, and appropriating to itself wood by the cord every year.1884, The Homiletic Review, page 733
Forms of oceanful
| plural | oceanfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | oceansful |
Origin of oceanful
From ocean + -ful.
Questions about oceanful
- What does oceanful mean?
- Oceanful means the amount that an ocean can hold.
- What part of speech is oceanful?
- Oceanful is a noun.
- What is the plural of oceanful?
- The plural of oceanful is oceanfuls.
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