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stovesful

stovesful is the plural of stoveful.

Meaning of stoveful

Noun

stoveful (plural stovefuls or stovesful)

  1. Enough to fill a stove.
    • But of Russia—not England—I am forgetting—with its extremely rich and its, also, extremely poor—with those to whom the expense of stovesful and stovesful of logs is as nothing, and with those to whom the expense of even a single log is well-nigh an impossibility.1878, Selwyn Eyre, “Urgent Preparations Against Another Winter’s Campaign—[…]”, in Sketches of Russian Life and Customs, Made During a Visit in 1876-7, London: Remington and Co., page 120

Questions about stovesful

What is stovesful the plural of?
Stovesful is the plural of stoveful.

Words near stovesful in the dictionary

  1. stovepipes
  2. stovepiping
  3. stover
  4. stovers
  5. stoves
  6. stovesful
  7. stoveside
  8. stovetop
  9. stovetops
  10. stoveware
  11. stovewood

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