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SHOEFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shoeful mean?
• SHOEFUL (noun)
The noun SHOEFUL has 1 sense:
1. the amount that a shoe will hold
Familiarity information: SHOEFUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount that a shoe will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
he emptied out a shoeful of water
Hypernyms ("shoeful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
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