houseful
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- noun
- /ˈhaʊsfəl/
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casa llena
- Mama had wanted a houseful of children and had settled for one when she couldn't bear more.
Examples
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You know, people started to call and drop by, and pretty soon, we had a whole houseful, and we just lost control.
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I had a brand new CD in the machine, and I had just managed to sneak away from a houseful of visitors.
Fiction book (2001) -
I guess it comes from growing up with a houseful of brothers.
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You got a houseful of women.
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And a houseful of kids at home.
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Have you got a houseful of people staying over the dance?
Fiction book (1990) -
You worried about me cooking for a houseful of men?
Fiction book (1999) -
You can lead a perfectly normal life with a houseful of beautiful descendants.
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I can't wait to have a houseful of kiddos.
Blog text (20) -
During the holidays, we had a houseful of relatives visiting us all at once.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Houseful is simply house plus the ending -ful, which means 'full of', like in handful or cupful. So a houseful is a house that is full of people, a 'full house'.