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BOXFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boxful mean?
• BOXFUL (noun)
The noun BOXFUL has 1 sense:
1. the quantity contained in a box
Familiarity information: BOXFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quantity contained in a box
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
box; boxful
Context example:
he gave her a box of chocolates
Hypernyms ("boxful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
Context examples
I have grown quite fond of the garlic, and a boxful arrives for me every day from Haarlem.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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