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lakeful en · NOUN

Etymology

From lake + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount that a lake can hold.
   • Make a lakeful of koumiss; and give a magnificent feast. 1972, Faruk Sümer, Ahmet E. Uysal, Warren S. Walker, The Book of Dede Korkut: A Turkish Epic, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 12:
   • Please look at this lakeful of misty rain like water soaking me through, as soaking through a bird's feather. 2006, Zhilin Bian, The carving of insects, page 42:
   • A drop of water must yield to the analyst the same results as a lakeful. 1996, Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton, Gandhi: Selected Political Writings, Hackett Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:

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