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boatful

noun

Etymology

From Middle English botefull, botfull, equivalent to boat + -ful.

  1. inherited from botefull

Definitions

  1. Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question

    • The city consumes boatfuls of fish every day.
    • Often sponsored by publishers, the cruises, aboard commercial liners, feature popular authors who give readings and seminars -- even knitting lessons -- to boatfuls of book lovers.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boatful. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA