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wagonful

wagonful noun: the amount that will fit in a wagon.

Noun

wagonful (plural wagonfuls or wagonsful)

  1. The amount that will fit in a wagon.
    • So I reflected, having nothing better to do, when my wagonful of pilgrims had dropped out of sight in the fog--as a pebble drops into the lake--leaving me with the house to myself; and presently, as I sat at the window, I heard a white-throated sparrow singing outside.1893, Bradford Torrey, The Foot-path Way
    • We were obliged to wait at Camp MacDowell for Sergeant Stone to arrive with our wagonful of household goods, and then, after a mighty weeding out and repacking, we set forth once more, with a good team of mules and a good driver, to join the command.1911, Martha Summerhayes, Vanished Arizona

Forms of wagonful

pluralwagonfuls
pluralwagonsful

Origin of wagonful

From wagon + -ful.

Questions about wagonful

What does wagonful mean?
Wagonful means the amount that will fit in a wagon.
What part of speech is wagonful?
Wagonful is a noun.
What is the plural of wagonful?
The plural of wagonful is wagonfuls.

Words near wagonful in the dictionary

  1. wagoners
  2. wagonet
  3. wagonets
  4. wagonette
  5. wagonettes
  6. wagonful
  7. wagonfuls
  8. wagoning
  9. wagonless
  10. wagonlike
  11. wagonload

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