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BAGFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bagful mean?
• BAGFUL (noun)
The noun BAGFUL has 1 sense:
1. the quantity that a bag will hold
Familiarity information: BAGFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quantity that a bag will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
bag; bagful
Context example:
he ate a large bag of popcorn
Hypernyms ("bagful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
Context examples
'They always likes a bone or two to clean their teeth on about tea-time, which you 'as a bagful.'
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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