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riverful

riverful noun: as much as a river would hold.

Noun

riverful (plural riverfuls or riversful)

  1. as much as a river would hold.
    • Well—perhaps not a riverful, but it's easy to tell which of them are.1931, Motor Boating, page 2
    • The other peom in Figure 22 reads: A little water, some little hills, a thousand drops of ink; A hillock, a valley, a riverful of smoke. In my old age, my brush tip has turned blunt and it needs utter freedom;1962, Wen Fong, The Problem of Forgeries in Chinese Painting, page 116

Forms of riverful

pluralriverfuls
pluralriversful

Origin of riverful

From river + -ful.

Questions about riverful

What does riverful mean?
Riverful means as much as a river would hold.
What part of speech is riverful?
Riverful is a noun.
What is the plural of riverful?
The plural of riverful is riverfuls.

Words near riverful in the dictionary

  1. riveret
  2. riverets
  3. riverfaring
  4. riverfront
  5. riverfronts
  6. riverful
  7. rivergoing
  8. riverhead
  9. riverheads
  10. riverhemp
  11. riverhood

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