Dictionary

boxful en · NOUN

Etymology

From box + -ful.

Meanings

1. As much as a box will hold.
   • She […] had bought a new dress at Hollander’s and a boxful of toys for the children at Schwartz’s, and had dined once again with Agnes and had had her and Jimmy to dine at the Belmont one evening before a symphony concert. 1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 284:

Forms

Coordinates

shelfful · cabinetful · basketful · drawerful

Synonyms

boxload

Translations (4)

nrf boss'tchie (as much as a box will hold) · nrf boêtée (as much as a box will hold) · da æske (as much as a box will hold) · fr boîte (as much as a box will hold)