winterful

winterful noun: a quantity that lasts or is produced during a winter.

Noun

winterful (plural winterfuls or wintersful)

A quantity that lasts or is produced during a winter.
- “Maybe it's just a little snow and not a whole winterful,” suggested Alice, as she climbed out of bed to look.1926, Clara Ingram Judson, Mary Jane's winter sports, page 14
- After a winterful of Germans, the Italians seemed gay, cheerful, and hard-working, though their war losses were bitter.1955, Marie Di Mario Wann, Dependent baggage; Destination Germany, page 121

winterful (comparative more winterful, superlative most winterful)

Characteristic of or occurring during winter.
- Here spreads a cosy net of little fields Secured with hedges, wild and winterful, Watching the year revolve.1978, Miscellaneous Series in Geography, page 12
- Snow is king in winterful Wisconsin, in the season of the year that is fast-becoming famous in the land of lakes and forests and great hills.1979, Art Huebner, Wonderful Wisconsin, page 299

Darkness everywhere, a whole winterful of it at his back.2006, Helen Dunmore, House of orphans, page 41:
Snow and more snow was here, was there, What a winterful, wonderful sight!1986, Bobbie Kalman, Susan Hughes, We Celebrate Winter, page 52:

From winter + -ful.

What does winterful mean?: Winterful means a quantity that lasts or is produced during a winter.
How do you use winterful in a sentence?: Darkness everywhere, a whole winterful of it at his back.
What part of speech is winterful?: Winterful can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of winterful?: The plural of winterful is winterfuls.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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