trunkful
2
4.4
- noun
- /ˈtrʌŋkfəl/
- US
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- Luckily, I always carry a trunkful of books and field guides in my car, and one night I flipped through every book I had to see if I could find any instances where humans and animals—wild ones—had actually gotten along.
Examples
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After the road trip, we returned home with a trunkful of souvenirs from the beach.
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Inside, also, he'd found a gas mask from the Great War and a trunkful of useless notebooks.
Fiction book (1990) -
He pulled his trunkful of papers over to the corner of the cave and stood on them.
Fiction book (1990) -
A trunkful of surprises
Academic text (1990) -
The next Monday, Moses loaded Nola's trunkful of clothes into the car and drove her to the Watona Indian School.
Fiction book (1990) -
One morning toward New Year's, I was preparing to leave the nursery with a trunkful of new rose cuttings and ran into Luis Cassells.
Fiction book (1998) -
He managed to pack a trunkful of clothes for the vacation, making sure he had everything he needed.
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The auction house was filled with a trunkful of antiques, each holding a unique piece of history.
Synonyms
45
2.9
A very large amount about as much as fills a truck
24
1.0
The usual amount of food or drink in one cardboard box, like milk
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
4
1.1
An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies
4
1.8
An amount that fills a bucket
3
2.5
A large amount of goods carried by a ship
2
2.7
As many things as fit in a basket
2
3.5
An amount that fills a cart, often meaning a very large quantity
1
1.9
An amount that fills a box
1
3.2
An amount that fills a sack, like a large bag of apples
1
3.7
A closet full of things like clothes or boxes
1
3.4
An amount of goods that fills a van
1
8.9
An amount of small items like coins that fills a small bag
1
4.5
A very large amount, like enough to fill a wagon
1
2.7
An amount that fills a truck
1
2.5
The amount of fuel a tank can hold
1
5.1
An amount of things that fills a chest
1
8.2
A load of things that fills a car
1
3.0
A full load that fills a cart
1
8.1
An amount large enough to fill a ship with goods or people
An amount that fills a car boot
The amount that fills a container
An amount that fits in a crate
An amount that fills a carton like a milk box
An amount that fills a bin
An amount of liquid that fills a jug
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
An amount that fills a rack
Enough items to fill a shelf
An amount that fills a wheelbarrow
An amount that fills a wagon
A full load of people or things in a boat
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word trunkful is made from trunk, meaning a large box or the back part of a car, and -ful, meaning 'full of'. Think of an old travel trunk filled with clothes or a car trunk filled with bags; a trunkful is simply the amount that 'fills a trunk', like a cupful fills a cup.