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sheetful

sheetful noun: the amount that fits on a sheet (any meaning).

Noun

sheetful (plural sheetfuls or sheetsful)

  1. The amount that fits on a sheet (any meaning)
    • Of cheese and butter we had a sufficient supply; and the yellow corn-meal which we had brought for the teams furnished sheetful after sheetful of johnny-cake, which Aunt Olive split, toasted, and buttered well, as a groundwork for the white monkey.1922, Charles Asbury Stephens, A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
    • One sheet may be filled while baking another sheetful of cakes.1915, Edith M. Thomas, Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit

Forms of sheetful

pluralsheetfuls
pluralsheetsful

Origin of sheetful

From sheet + -ful.

Questions about sheetful

What does sheetful mean?
Sheetful means the amount that fits on a sheet (any meaning).
What part of speech is sheetful?
Sheetful is a noun.
What is the plural of sheetful?
The plural of sheetful is sheetfuls.

Words near sheetful in the dictionary

  1. sheetes
  2. sheetfed
  3. sheetflood
  4. sheetfloods
  5. sheetflow
  6. sheetful
  7. sheetfuls
  8. sheetiness
  9. sheeting
  10. sheetings
  11. sheetless

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