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spitful

spitful noun: a spadeful.

Noun

spitful (plural spitfuls or spitsful)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A spadeful.

Forms of spitful

pluralspitfuls
pluralspitsful

Origin of spitful

From spit + -ful.

Questions about spitful

What does spitful mean?
Spitful means a spadeful.
What part of speech is spitful?
Spitful is a noun.
What is the plural of spitful?
The plural of spitful is spitfuls.

Words near spitful in the dictionary

  1. spiters
  2. spites
  3. spitesome
  4. spitfire
  5. spitfires
  6. spitful
  7. spitfuls
  8. Spithaler
  9. spithamai
  10. spithame
  11. Spithead

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