chestful
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈʧɛstfəl/
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caja llena
- Give a look at that chestful of spinach, will you?
- a chestful of medals
Examples
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The antique chest was filled with a chestful of valuable artifacts.
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He proudly displayed a chestful of trophies on his shelf.
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Well, I had a chestful of citations, medals, that sort of thing, and then I drifted in playing a rather popular...
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I have a chestful of hideous masks packed away in a cellar somewhere, getting uglier and uglier.
Fiction book (2001) -
After years of service, she returned with a chestful of awards and honors.
Synonyms
23
2.5
As many people or things as can fit in a room
7
3.0
An amount of something that fills a pocket
7
1.8
An amount you can carry in your arms at one time
4
1.8
An amount that fills a bucket
4
1.1
An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies
2
3.1
The air you take in one breath
2
4.4
An amount that fills a large suitcase or a car's storage space
1
1.9
An amount that fills a box
1
3.7
A closet full of things like clothes or boxes
1
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
7.9
A large amount of something you can fit in a hat
1
2.8
An amount of earth or snow that fills a shovel
1
2.5
The amount of fuel a tank can hold
1
2.7
An amount that fills a truck
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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
The amount that fills a container
An amount that fills a bin
A full load of people or things in a boat
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
A small amount of liquid that fills a needle for an injection
How Full
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5.1
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chestful comes from chest, meaning a box for storing things, and the ending -ful meaning 'full of'. So a chestful is the amount that will fill a chest or the chest's capacity, like how a 'cupful' fills a cup.