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planterful

planterful noun: as much as fits in a planter.

Noun

planterful (plural planterfuls or plantersful)

  1. As much as fits in a planter.
    • Give me only three planterfuls."1887, Count Lyof N. Tolstoi, Iván Ilyitch, and other stories
    • If you haven't field tested ACO SEED, vve urge you to try a few plantersful . . . right alongside your usual brand.1977, Prairie Farmer - Volume 149, page 51
  2. A quantity (of something) in a planter.
    • Since mint spreads underground runners, it's soon all over a terrace box. A damp, semishaded hanging planterful will be plenty for summer drinks and salad herbing.1975, Mademoiselle - Volume 81, page 175
    • Just last week she had sworn she saw a billy goat in the yard across the street and I had to take her over there to prove it was a planterful of ivy.2006, Mignon F. Ballard, The Angel and the Jabberwocky Murders, →ISBN

Forms of planterful

pluralplanterfuls
pluralplantersful

Origin of planterful

From planter + -ful.

Questions about planterful

What does planterful mean?
Planterful means as much as fits in a planter.
What part of speech is planterful?
Planterful is a noun.
What is the plural of planterful?
The plural of planterful is planterfuls.

Words near planterful in the dictionary

  1. planter's chairs
  2. planter's punch
  3. planter's wart
  4. planter's warts
  5. planterdom
  6. planterful
  7. planterfuls
  8. planterly
  9. planters
  10. plantersful
  11. plantership

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