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submarineful

submarineful noun: as much as a submarine will hold.

Noun

submarineful (plural submarinefuls)

  1. As much as a submarine will hold.
    • In the mornings we dug indefatigably for gold among the roots of the lime trees. ¶ ‘How much,’ Hamer asked, ‘shall we find?’ ¶ ‘A heap of treasure,’ William told us, ‘about a submarineful.’1966, Priscilla Napier, A Late Beginner, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, →LCCN, page 72

Forms of submarineful

pluralsubmarinefuls

Origin of submarineful

From submarine + -ful.

Questions about submarineful

What does submarineful mean?
Submarineful means as much as a submarine will hold.
What part of speech is submarineful?
Submarineful is a noun.
What is the plural of submarineful?
The plural of submarineful is submarinefuls.

Words near submarineful in the dictionary

  1. submarine river
  2. submarine rivers
  3. submarine sandwich
  4. submarine sandwiches
  5. submarined
  6. submarineful
  7. submarinelike
  8. submariner
  9. submariners
  10. submarines
  11. submarining

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