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trenchful

trenchful noun: an amount sufficient to fill a trench.

Noun

trenchful (plural trenchfuls or trenchesful)

  1. An amount sufficient to fill a trench.
    • Sometimes a trenchful of the enemy would fire a volley and half of them disappear through gullies leading to other cover.1906, John Foreman, The Philippine Islands, T. Fisher Unwin, page 490
    • Whole trenchesful of victims have been found by the Bulgarians.1912 November 18, “Severe Setback For Bulgarians By the Turks and Report Is Verified; Frightful Atrocities Are Being Committed By Servians and Greeks, and British Guarding American Ambassador”, in...

Forms of trenchful

pluraltrenchfuls
pluraltrenchesful

Origin of trenchful

From trench + -ful.

Questions about trenchful

What does trenchful mean?
Trenchful means an amount sufficient to fill a trench.
What part of speech is trenchful?
Trenchful is a noun.
What is the plural of trenchful?
The plural of trenchful is trenchfuls.

Words near trenchful in the dictionary

  1. trenchersful
  2. trencherwoman
  3. trencherwomen
  4. trenches
  5. trenchesful
  6. trenchful
  7. trenchfuls
  8. trenching
  9. trenchings
  10. trenchless
  11. trenchlet

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