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tunnelful

tunnelful noun: enough to fill a tunnel.

Noun

tunnelful (plural tunnelfuls)

  1. Enough to fill a tunnel.
    • [T]he Bolg had developed the material from tunnelfuls of spiderwebs that had been discovered in the deepest parts of Ylorc […]2015 June 30, Elizabeth Haydon, chapter 44, in The Hollow Queen (Symphony of Ages; 8), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 268

Forms of tunnelful

pluraltunnelfuls

Origin of tunnelful

From tunnel + -ful.

Questions about tunnelful

What does tunnelful mean?
Tunnelful means enough to fill a tunnel.
What part of speech is tunnelful?
Tunnelful is a noun.
What is the plural of tunnelful?
The plural of tunnelful is tunnelfuls.

Words near tunnelful in the dictionary

  1. tunnelable
  2. tunnelball
  3. tunneled
  4. tunneler
  5. tunnelers
  6. tunnelful
  7. tunnelfuls
  8. tunneling
  9. tunneling time
  10. tunneling times
  11. tunnelings

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