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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

skyful en · NOUN

Etymology

From sky + -ful.

Meanings

  1. As much as a sky will hold.
    • The Queen of the Night is backlighted by a skyful of starry dots. 2007 April 11, Bernard Holland, “The Flute Is Awfully Nice, Tamino, but Check Out That Astral Sketchbook”, in New York Times:
    • From this chaotic skyful of crowding flakes the mead and moor momentarily received additional clothing, only to appear momentarily more naked thereby. 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd:

Forms

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skiesful Number=Plur lexicographic
skyfuls Number=Plur lexicographic