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drawerful

drawerful

1 3.1
An amount of things that fills a drawer
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɔːərfəl/
translation icon : cajón lleno
  • I'll cut a feline figure in my Agnès B. clothes, and I'll have a drawerful of jewels.

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • She opened the drawer and found a drawerful of colorful beads.

Synonyms

pocketful
vsdrawerful
7 3.0

An amount of something that fills a pocket

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
closetful
vsdrawerful
1 3.7

A closet full of things like clothes or boxes

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
truckful
vsdrawerful
  • US
1 2.7

An amount that fills a truck

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
containerful
vsdrawerful
3.7

The amount that fills a container

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
binful
vsdrawerful
5.8

An amount that fills a bin

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
cartonful
vsdrawerful
2.4

An amount that fills a carton like a milk box

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
panful
vsdrawerful
3.3

An amount that fills a pan

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment
shelfful
vsdrawerful
7.4

Enough items to fill a shelf

is the amount that fits inside a narrow pull-out compartment

Antonyms

14 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

How Much

truckload
  • US
45 2.9
drawerful
1 3.1
boxful
1 1.9
handful
81 1.0
cupful
2 1.7

Surface Forms

drawerful singular
drawerfuls plural

Morphology

drawerful = drawer (transparent) = drawer + ful

Standard noun + '-ful' formation meaning 'an amount that fills a drawer', directly inferable by learners familiar with similar measure words (e.g., 'spoonful').

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.