cartful en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English cartful, cartfull, cartefull, equivalent to cart + -ful.
Meanings
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As much as a cart will hold.
My first trip was a shopping run to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, where the Acadia swallowed a cartful of groceries without even folding the third-row seat.
2007 March 25, Lawrence Ulrich, “G.M. Makes a Grand Entrance, at Last, to the Crossover Ball”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cartsful | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cartfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (3)
it carrata (as much as a cart will hold) · it carrettata (as much as a cart will hold) · ga lán cairte (as much as a cart will hold)