carful

[ kahr-fool ]

noun

, plural car·fuls.

1. the largest number or amount that a car can hold.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carful¹

First recorded in 1825–35; car ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

It was in all respects an ordinary carful of human beings, and it was perhaps the more worthy to be studied on that account.

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You want to be mought carful bout them automobiles, chillun, the old man admonished them.

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Lor', bless you, no, missis; her clothes all mended berry carful.

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Occasionally I have been taken for other women; but I never before had any one think that I was a carful.

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I'm going to take a carful of bride roses around to the Champneys house and put 'em under old Chadwick Champneys's portrait!

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