platformful

platformful noun: the amount that is on a platform.

Noun

platformful (plural platformfuls)

The amount that is on a platform.
- They had been a thousand feet above Coombe and Malden station; fifty seconds after they whizzed, at a frightful pace, not eighty feet above the East Putney station, on the Metropolitan District line, to the screaming astonishment of a platformful of people.1895, H. G. Wells, The Argonauts of the Air
- Using a platformful of equipment specially built for his use by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Dr. Perrine set up long-line circuits, used transmitted vibrations of tuning forks to demonstrate pitch and frequency characteristics, and illustrated .how various frequency oscillations make music...1941, Rutgers Alumni Monthly - Volume 20, Issue 8, page 7

Using a platformful of equipment specially built for his use by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Dr.1941, Rutgers Alumni Monthly - Volume 20, Issue 8, page 7:
Though the scramble of Thomians alighted a platformful of clerks was waiting to got on, so I didn't even try for a seat.1993, Gāmini Salgādo, The True Paradise, page 79:

plural	platformfuls

From platform + -ful.

What does platformful mean?: Platformful means the amount that is on a platform.
How do you use platformful in a sentence?: Using a platformful of equipment specially built for his use by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Dr.
What part of speech is platformful?: Platformful is a noun.
What is the plural of platformful?: The plural of platformful is platformfuls.

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