tombful
tombful noun: enough to fill a tomb.
Noun
tombful (plural tombfuls or tombsful)
- Enough to fill a tomb.
- And seeing that he immediately adds, “It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles,” he therefore seems to say that all the women he had mentioned,—perhaps several tombfuls of them,—were within the tomb...1860, Jason Lewis, “The Primitive Gospel”, in The Anastasis of the Dead: or, Philosophy of Human Immortality, as Deduced from the Teachings of the Scripture Writers, in Reference to “The...
- Most Egyptian Kings spent their lifetimes amassing tombsful of treasures to keep them comfortable in their afterlives.1963 April 8, Betty Penson, “Idaho Tourists View: Treasures of Egyptian Kings”, in The Idaho Daily Statesman, 99th year, number 257, Boise, Ida., page six
Forms of tombful
| plural | tombfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | tombsful |
Origin of tombful
From tomb + -ful.
Questions about tombful
- What does tombful mean?
- Tombful means enough to fill a tomb.
- What part of speech is tombful?
- Tombful is a noun.
- What is the plural of tombful?
- The plural of tombful is tombfuls.
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