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clumpful

noun

Etymology

From clump + -ful.

  1. derived from klumpe
  2. derived from clompe
  3. derived from *glembʰ-✻ — “lump, clamp”
  4. derived from *klumpô✻ — “mass, lump, clump; clasp”
  5. inherited from clymppe
  6. inherited from clompe
  7. suffixed as clumpful — “clump + ful”

Definitions

  1. A quantity that makes up a clump.

    • When Pinion or Linnora found a clumpful of suitable spruce twigs, they journeyed back and forth at two- or three-minute intervals.
    • Whinnying it went to a stand of sweet grass ang began pulling them out by the clumpful.
    • I ducked and slipped, but grabbed a clumpful of grass to stop myself.

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