shipful
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈʃɪpfəl/
- Archaic
:
carga de barco
- After a long trip, they finally delivered a shipful of fresh fruit to the market.
- a shipful of Jews
Examples
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We are a shipful of Jews, not of mystics or explorers, and in our flight is our guilt and our culpability.
Fiction book (1992) -
The charity sent a shipful of supplies to help the disaster-stricken island.
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I also read that the backer sent a whole shipful of stuff already, and it's waiting for them on the Moon.
Fiction book (2001) -
The people who went to Paris, for instance, to incite students to riot are the same ones who sent that shipful of weapons to Beirut, the ship that we Israelis caught before it could land.
Fiction book (1990) -
Is that shipful of Jews headed for the Jerusalem of the spirit which we will erect, or, aligned in the sign of the cross, will they perish at the bottom of the seas?
Fiction book (1992) -
That meant a shipful of animals, not all of them housetrained or even trainable, run by a crew of seventy-ton behemoths who didn't care much where they stepped.
Fiction book (2000) -
And so, they came upon mysterious India, their New World, the slave ship, the Master's ship, the ship between, the shipful of Jews, and the ship of the Inquisitor, caught their first glimpse of the New World through the mist and fog of their combined prayers, and in that moment, as Torquemada leapt, as the Jews chanted.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dock workers were excited to unload a shipful of new toys just in time for the holidays.
Synonyms
231
2.3
A load of goods sent together by one truck, plane, or ship
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2.9
A very large amount about as much as fills a truck
23
2.5
As many people or things as can fit in a room
18
3.5
A very large amount of something
7
3.0
An amount of something that fills a pocket
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2.5
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
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3.5
An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity
2
4.4
An amount that fills a large suitcase or a car's storage space
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3.2
An amount that fills a sack, like a large bag of apples
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1.9
An amount that fills a box
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7.9
A large amount of something you can fit in a hat
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2.7
An amount that fills a truck
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4.5
A very large amount, like enough to fill a wagon
1
2.5
The amount of fuel a tank can hold
1
3.0
A full load that fills a cart
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5.1
An amount of things that fills a chest
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8.2
A load of things that fills a car
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1.9
An amount that fills a pot
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1.4
An amount that fills a glass
A full load of people or things in a boat
The amount that fills a container
An amount that fills a wagon
An amount that fills a wheelbarrow
An amount that fills a carton like a milk box
An amount that fills a bin
The amount that fills a can
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shipful is made of ship and -ful, where -ful means 'full of' or 'an amount that fills', just like cupful or handful. So a shipful is an amount that is enough to fill a ship.