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fieldful en · NOUN

Etymology

From field + -ful.

Meanings

  1. A quantity that fills a field.
    • Here beneath them the bloom of the golden-rod is upon the land; fieldsful and lanesful, it bars your way, or brushes your shoulders as you pass. 2016, Roy Rolfe Gilson, Miss Primrose: A Novel, page 172:
    • He certainly had been out in the rain last night and soaked up half a fieldful of soil by the look of him. 2002, Clara M. Miller, Once a Demon, page 94:
    • Sure, it's tempting to go out and recruit an all-star for every position, and just as tempting to assume that a fieldful of superstars will translate into a victorious team. 2013, Dana Ardi, The Fall of the Alphas:

Forms

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fieldsful Number=Plur lexicographic
fieldfuls Number=Plur lexicographic