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branchful

noun

Etymology

From branch + -ful.

  1. inherited from braunchen
  2. derived from *vranca✻
  3. derived from branca — “footprint”, later also “paw, claw”
  4. derived from branche
  5. inherited from branche
  6. suffixed as branchful — “branch + ful”

Definitions

  1. As much as a branch can hold.

    • All last week, trees simultaneously released entire branchfuls of leaves with exasperated sighs. They came clattering down like breakfast cereal.

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