boxful
2
1.9
- noun
- /ˈbɑksfəl/
- It was in a boxful of junk Vaughn Rhomer had bought in 1985 when they auctioned off a man Kaplan's stuff over on p59 Fourth Street.
Examples
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You're about as maniacal as a boxful of kittens.
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Gaylor should have merely shipped a boxful of handouts to the convention and remained back in comfortable Madison.
Blog text (1) -
- It's a boxful of money.
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I found a whole boxful under the boardwalk.
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Why are we traveling with a boxful of hand grenades?
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And so there always were boxfuls of responses to his matrimonial ad.
Fiction book (1996) -
A boxful of noisemakers, animal calls, and other toys had been passed around the group, and the nippers seized this moment to try them all out at once.
Fiction book (2001) -
FRICK is sitting with a boxful of electrical equipment next to a bank of ELEVATORS; all the cars have been LOCKED OPEN here in the basement, except for ONE—PROVOST's private elevator, the doors to which are still closed.
Fiction book (1992) -
I found a boxful of old toys in the attic.
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She packed a boxful of cookies for the bake sale.
Synonyms
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1.0
A usually rectangular container with a lid for holding things or the amount it holds
180
1.7
A strong wooden box for storing or moving things and the amount inside it
22
2.5
As many people or things as can fit in a room
20
1.0
The usual amount of food or drink in one cardboard box, like milk
4
1.1
An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies
3
1.8
An amount that fills a bucket
2
3.5
An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity
2
4.4
An amount that fills a large suitcase or a car's storage space
1
3.2
An amount that fills a sack, like a large bag of apples
1
5.1
An amount of things that fills a chest
1
2.7
An amount that fills a truck
1
2.8
An amount that fills a large round container used for liquids or food
1
8.1
An amount large enough to fill a ship with goods or people
1
3.0
A full load that fills a cart
1
2.3
The amount a spoon or small shovel can hold
1
3.7
An amount that fills a large open container like a bucket
1
6.4
An amount that fits in a crate
1
7.7
An amount that fills a box, for example wine bottles in one box
1
2.2
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
1
7.4
Enough items to fill a shelf
1
8.4
An amount that fills a wheelbarrow
1
3.7
The amount that fills a container
An amount that fills a carton like a milk box
An amount that fills a bin
The amount of liquid a full barrel or cask holds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boxful is simply box + -ful, where box is a container and -ful means 'full of' or 'as much as'. So a boxful is the amount a box can hold, like a 'handful' is the amount a hand can hold.