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wagonful

wagonful

3.1
An amount that fills a wagon
  • noun
  • /ˈwæɡənfəl/
translation icon : carga de carro
  • Is it true that you dynamited a wagonful of prospectors in the Western territories last spring?

Examples

  • She bought a wagonful of fresh produce from the market for the festival.

  • The man would park his red wagonful of newspapers inside the courtyard door and tie the languid dog to the knob where he could be monitored from the Periodicals.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The farmers filled a wagonful of hay to feed the livestock during the winter.

  • They transported a wagonful of firewood to ensure they had enough for the chilly evenings.

Synonyms

truckload
vswagonful
  • US
45 2.9

A very large amount about as much as fills a truck

is the basic amount measure rather than a figurative very large amount
boatload
vswagonful
  • Informal
18 3.5

A very large amount of something

is the literal capacity measure rather than a general figurative large amount
carload
vswagonful
9 2.9

A large number of people or things that fill a car

is a general cargo quantity measure not focused on counting people
cartload
vswagonful
  • Informal
2 3.5

An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity

is the simple neutral amount not the informal large exaggerated sense
vanload
vswagonful
1 3.4

An amount of goods that fills a van

is for a different often nonmotor vehicle type rather than this motor cargo vehicle
wagonload
vswagonful
  • Informal
1 4.5

A very large amount, like enough to fill a wagon

is the neutral amount rather than stressing a very large quantity
truckful
vswagonful
  • US
1 2.7

An amount that fills a truck

is for a nonmotor or smaller vehicle instead of this large motor vehicle
cartful
vswagonful
1 3.0

A full load that fills a cart

is for a larger or different vehicle rather than this smaller one
carful
vswagonful
1 8.2

A load of things that fills a car

is for a different often nonmotor vehicle rather than motor ones
boatful
vswagonful
2.2

A full load of people or things in a boat

is for a land cargo vehicle capacity rather than this water vessel

How Much

truckload
  • US
45 2.9
cartload
  • Informal
2 3.5
wagonful
3.1
bucketful
4 1.8
handful
81 1.0

Surface Forms

wagonful singular
wagonfuls plural

Morphology

wagonful = wagon (transparent) = wagon + ful

Formed from 'wagon' + the quantity-forming suffix '-ful', so meaning is directly 'an amount sufficient to fill a wagon'.

Etymology

Wagonful comes from the simple parts wagon and -ful, where wagon means a cart or vehicle and -ful means 'full of', as in handful. So a wagonful is an amount large enough to fill a wagon.