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bookful

bookful

1 7.7
Enough writing to fill a book
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkfəl/
translation icon : contenido de un libro
  • The historian collected a bookful of letters from the archives.

Examples

  • She has gathered a bookful of stories about her travels from around the world.

  • She wrote a bookful of poems during her travels.

  • After years of research, he finally had a bookful of notes ready to publish.

  • She wrote a bookful of notes during the lecture.

  • He has a bookful of ideas to share.

  • After hours of research, I ended up with a bookful of useful data for my project.

  • The library receives a bookful of new titles every month, expanding its collection significantly.

Synonyms

book
vsbookful
∞ 1.0

A set of written or printed pages bound together with a cover

is an amount of written content enough to fill such a work
volume
vsbookful
154 4.2

A book that is part of a set or series

refers to the amount of content that would fill one such unit
tome
vsbookful
  • Formal
22 8.4

A large, heavy book about a serious subject like history or science

expresses the amount of material needed rather than a large bound object

Antonyms

empty
∞ 1.0

Not containing anything

How Much

tome
  • Formal
22 8.4
bookful
1 7.7
chapter
531 1.0
page
∞ 1.0
paragraph
289 1.5
line
237 3.1

Surface Forms

bookful singular
bookfuls plural

Morphology

bookful = book (transparent) = book + ful

This is a standard measure/quantity formation (like 'spoonful'), meaning an amount sufficient to fill a book, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Bookful follows the same pattern as 'cupful' or 'handful': book + -ful, where -ful can mean 'an amount that fills'. So a bookful is 'an amount enough to fill a book', meaning the quantity of writing or pages for a whole book.