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WHOLE LOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whole lot mean?
• WHOLE LOT (noun)
The noun WHOLE LOT has 1 sense:
1. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
Familiarity information: WHOLE LOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
whole slew; mint; muckle; peck; quite a little; slew; spate; tidy sum; whole lot; mickle; lot; good deal; great deal; hatful; batch; wad; stack; raft; plenty; pile; heap; mass; flock; deal; pot; mess; sight
Context examples:
a batch of letters / a deal of trouble / a lot of money / he made a mint on the stock market / it must have cost plenty
Hypernyms ("whole lot" 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 "whole lot"):
deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)
haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)
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