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pitchforkful

pitchforkful noun: the amount that a pitchfork holds.

Noun

pitchforkful (plural pitchforkfuls or pitchforksful)

  1. The amount that a pitchfork holds.
    • If you clean it out as other people do, ten pitchforksful will come in for every one you throw out.1889, “The Master-maid”, in Andrew Lang, editor, The Blue Fairy Book, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York, page 121

Forms of pitchforkful

pluralpitchforkfuls
pluralpitchforksful

Origin of pitchforkful

From pitchfork + -ful.

Questions about pitchforkful

What does pitchforkful mean?
Pitchforkful means the amount that a pitchfork holds.
What part of speech is pitchforkful?
Pitchforkful is a noun.
What is the plural of pitchforkful?
The plural of pitchforkful is pitchforkfuls.

Words near pitchforkful in the dictionary

  1. pitchfests
  2. Pitchford
  3. Pitchfords
  4. pitchfork
  5. pitchforked
  6. pitchforkful
  7. pitchforkfuls
  8. pitchforking
  9. pitchforkings
  10. pitchforklike
  11. pitchforks

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