HEADFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headful mean? 

• HEADFUL (noun)
  The noun HEADFUL has 2 senses:

1. the quantity of information that a head will hold

2. a covering over the surface of your head

  Familiarity information: HEADFUL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADFUL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quantity of information that a head will hold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

he has a headful of baseball statistics

Hypernyms ("headful" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A covering over the surface of your head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

a headful of lice

Hypernyms ("headful" is a kind of...):

body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)