rowboatful
rowboatful noun: enough to fill a rowboat.
Noun
rowboatful (plural rowboatfuls or rowboatsful)
- Enough to fill a rowboat.
- There were a few other families also picnicking and a rowboatful of young people in bathing suits were amusing themselves, sometimes rowing and sometimes stopping to dive out of the boat and climb back again amid cheerful shrieks and laughter.1950, Southwest Review - Volumes 35-36, page 166
- During a recent midwestern flood, CBS' Edward R. Murrow reports, a rowboatful of volunteer rescue workers spied a man perched atop an almost completely submerged Tin Lizzie, crying, "Help! Help!"1954, Eddie Davis, Laugh Yourself Well: A Merry Mixture of Medical Mirth, page 46
Forms of rowboatful
| plural | rowboatfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | rowboatsful |
Origin of rowboatful
From rowboat + -ful.
Questions about rowboatful
- What does rowboatful mean?
- Rowboatful means enough to fill a rowboat.
- What part of speech is rowboatful?
- Rowboatful is a noun.
- What is the plural of rowboatful?
- The plural of rowboatful is rowboatfuls.
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