drawerful
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈdrɔːərfəl/
:
cajón lleno
- I'll cut a feline figure in my Agnès B. clothes, and I'll have a drawerful of jewels.
Examples
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And filmy stockings in all colors, and jewelry too, a drawerful of necklaces and earrings glittering in confused piles.
Fiction book (1995) -
"I buy napkins and napkin rings when I need to cheer myself up," Trudy said, "and I have drawerfuls and drawerfuls at home."
Fiction book (1997) -
We got a drawerful of playing cards somewhere.
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Lou already had a drawerful.
Fiction book (1990) -
The smell of his clothing was so sharp, a desperate clean, and she thought about finding a shirt that was softer, maybe a golf shirt, from the drawerful he had, maybe something blue.
Fiction book (2002) -
In fact, considering how many homophobes are closet cases, I wouldn't be half surprised if this guy has a drawerful of lingerie at home.
Blog text (16) -
His daughter, who had never been fond of him, was now fondly showing him a drawerful of loose longhand pages that she claimed were the surest sign her mother had finally gone over the edge.
Fiction book (2002) -
"I buy napkins and napkin rings when I need to cheer myself up," Trudy said, "and I have drawerfuls and drawerfuls at home."
Fiction book (1997) -
The old desk had a drawerful of forgotten receipts and documents.
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She opened the drawer and found a drawerful of colorful beads.
Synonyms
7
3.0
An amount of something that fills a pocket
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3.7
A closet full of things like clothes or boxes
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2.7
An amount that fills a truck
The amount that fills a container
An amount that fills a bin
An amount that fills a carton like a milk box
An amount that fills a pan
Enough items to fill a shelf
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drawerful comes from the parts drawer and -ful. A drawer is the little box you pull out of furniture and -ful means 'full of', as in cupful. So a drawerful is the amount that fills a drawer.