HATFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hatful mean? 

• HATFUL (noun)
  The noun HATFUL has 2 senses:

1. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

2. as many or as much as a hat will hold

  Familiarity information: HATFUL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HATFUL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad

Context example:

a wad of money

Hypernyms ("hatful" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hatful"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

As many or as much as a hat will hold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("hatful" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)