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sackfuls

sackfuls is the plural of sackful.

Meaning of sackful

Noun

sackful (plural sackfuls or sacksful)

  1. The amount a sack will contain.
    • A sackful of sand won't help the soil here much, but a dump truck full would.
    Synonyms:
    sackload
  2. (figuratively) A large number or amount (of something).
    • what can the Pope say more for his sackfull of traditions?1590, Henry Barrow, A Brief Discoverie of the False Church, page 231

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Questions about sackfuls

What is sackfuls the plural of?
Sackfuls is the plural of sackful.

Words near sackfuls in the dictionary

  1. Sackett
  2. Sacketts
  3. Sackey
  4. Sackeys
  5. sackful
  6. sackfuls
  7. sackhole
  8. sackholes
  9. sacking
  10. sacking off
  11. sacking out

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