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HOUSEFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does houseful mean?
• HOUSEFUL (noun)
The noun HOUSEFUL has 1 sense:
1. as many as a house will accommodate
Familiarity information: HOUSEFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
As many as a house will accommodate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
they entertained a houseful of guests
Hypernyms ("houseful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
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