freezerful

noun

Etymology

From freezer + -ful.

  1. derived from *prews- — “to freeze; frost
  2. inherited from *freusaną — “to freeze
  3. inherited from *freusan
  4. inherited from frēosan — “to freeze
  5. inherited from fresen
  6. formed as freezer — “freeze + -er
  7. suffixed as freezerful — “freezer + ful

Definitions

  1. As much as a freezer will hold.

    • They made forty-seven frosted cakes, three thousand cookies, ninety-one plain cakes, twelve freezersful of ice cream,[…].
    • And to crown it all, there was a freezerful of ice-cream, of such dimensions that no one, not even two growing boys from ten to twelve years of age, needed to feel any apprehension of the supply running short.
    • Apples, pears and peaches were plenty in good years—the near plantations sent them by wagon loads—as they also sent ice cream by freezerfuls, and boilers to make coffee.

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