drawerful

[drawr-fool]

noun

plural

drawerfuls 

1. an amount sufficient to fill a drawer.

   a drawerful of socks.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawerful¹

First recorded in 1820–30; drawer + -ful

Example Sentences

“Planned obsolescence” is the name of the game in consumer electronics, but you don’t have to accept a drawerful of fraying headphone cords and power cables as your destiny.

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She’s been hooked on shapewear since giving birth nearly 30 years ago, she said, and has a drawerful ranging “from cheapies at Walmart to the more expensive ones at Nordstrom.”

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How one day, you look around to discover you’ve got a cupboard crammed with mismatched food storage, a drawerful of socks you never wear and more than two dozen Democratic presidential candidates?

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The converse is seen in places such as the Netherlands and Denmark: while “cyclists” – people who have a drawerful of Lycra and an interest in gear ratios – do exist, they’re a different breed from the mass of everyday transport riders, who in socioeconomic terms encompass more or less everyone from royalty downwards.

Read more on The Guardian

Eddie shuffled through the big desk with the drawerful of important papers—birth certificates, insurance policies—and found a photograph of Millie that was taken just before their wedding.

Read more on The New Yorker