boxful
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1.9
- noun
- /ˈbɑksfəl/
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- 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
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1.7
A strong wooden box for storing or moving things and the amount inside it
24
1.0
The usual amount of food or drink in one cardboard box, like milk
23
2.5
As many people or things as can fit in a room
4
1.8
An amount that fills a bucket
4
1.1
An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies
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
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3.2
An amount that fills a sack, like a large bag of apples
1
2.8
An amount that fills a large round container used for liquids or food
1
2.7
An amount that fills a truck
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5.1
An amount of things that fills a chest
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2.3
The amount a spoon or small shovel can hold
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3.0
A full load that fills a cart
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8.1
An amount large enough to fill a ship with goods or people
An amount that fits in a crate
An amount that fills a box, for example wine bottles in one box
An amount that fills a carton like a milk box
The amount that fills a container
An amount that fills a bin
Enough items to fill a shelf
An amount that fills a large open container like a bucket
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
The amount of liquid a full barrel or cask holds
An amount that fills a wheelbarrow
How Much
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.