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officeful

officeful noun: the amount that fills an office.

Noun

officeful (plural officefuls or officesful)

  1. The amount that fills an office.
    • REALISE what make-up suggests to him when he sees streetsful and officesful of faultily, harsh-looking, made-up faces.1936 May 17, “Even Husbands Will Approve If You Really Study Make-Up”, in Sunday Dispatch, 135th year, number 7,020, page 21
    • The talented ex-Greenvillian is now Fashion Coordinator for Loveman’s and, according to Ruth, has two offices-ful of ladies working under her guidance.1962 August 23, Virginia Webb S. Plummer, “Social Addenda…”, in The Greenville Advocate, volume 97, number 47, Greenville, Ala., page 5-B

Examples of officeful in a sentence

  • To cope with its need to generate about 400 engineering drawings a day, the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York employs six officefuls of draftsmen.1971, Laser Focus - Volume 7, Issues 7-12, page 28:
  • I remember 3:45 p.m. at the Allen County Auditor's Office, where I worked with Joan and an officeful of working mothers.1995, Mary Kay Blakely, Donna Ng, American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie, page 167:
  • Day warned that the use of the radium rods—which could be used successively on an "officeful of patients"—could become a lucrative source of income for the user.2003, Gabrielle Glaser, The Nose: A Profile of Sex, Beauty, and Survival, page 78:
  • Listen to this CEO: I don't want an officeful of robots, but I also don't want people who bring their negative feelings to work every day.2009, Connie Podesta, How to Stay Employed in Tough Times:

Forms of officeful

pluralofficefuls
pluralofficesful

Origin of officeful

From office + -ful.

Questions about officeful

What does officeful mean?
Officeful means the amount that fills an office.
How do you use officeful in a sentence?
To cope with its need to generate about 400 engineering drawings a day, the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York employs six officefuls of draftsmen.
What part of speech is officeful?
Officeful is a noun.
What is the plural of officeful?
The plural of officeful is officefuls.

Words near officeful in the dictionary

  1. office-walls
  2. officebearer
  3. officebearers
  4. officed
  5. officed up
  6. officeful
  7. officefuls
  8. Officegate
  9. officegoer
  10. officegoers
  11. officeholder

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