boxful

[ boks-fool ]

noun

, plural box·fuls.

1. as much as a box can hold:

   a boxful of cornflakes.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boxful¹

First recorded in 1840–50; box ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

She had been very quiet for some time, absorbed in a boxful of the packets of flower-seeds, with gay pictures outside.

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"We want them to arrive with some shape still left to them and not merely a boxful of crumbs," said Ethel Brown earnestly.

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But I had a boxful of matches in my trouser pocket, half-emptied: and, as it turned out, Farrell had preserved another.

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Or they may be buried in a boxful of clean sand or sandy soil, and the sand kept moist by watering it every few days.

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Jannie said he knew of none, except a boxful of cartridges standing in the loft.

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