boxful

American  

[boks-fool] / ˈbɒks fʊl /

noun

• boxfuls
  plural

1. as much as a box can hold.

   a boxful of cornflakes.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boxfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boxful

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

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Example Sentences

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boxful boxfuls

Dr. Wen recommended donning at a minimum a three-ply surgical mask — the disposable variety widely sold by the boxful — but better still are the respirators, starting with the gold standard, the N95.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

When I was a boy, my father — not a reader himself — would sometimes pay a dollar or two for an odd boxful of books from a yard sale.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021

Back in the dingy chaos of his lab, Spence pointed out a boxful of unlabelled beverage cans, of all different sizes and shapes.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 2, 2015

It could even, at first glance, have seemed like the kind of moment her critics accuse her of: a boxful of curiosities passed off as profundity.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2011

Gradually the night air filled with the buzz of crickets, and Roy smiled to himself, remembering the boxful he’d released there.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Pascal Lacombe, an author of an Aymé monograph published in 2012, said that boxfuls of paperwork from her apartment were accidentally incinerated after her death.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015

Mr. Ege’s family had long stored boxfuls of material.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2015

Like the Brown Brothers boxfuls, his wares come with no searchable database.

From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2015

But Garrett worried that they will scatter across the region as bidders take boxfuls home.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2010

Once every four or five boxfuls, a pigeon got away clean.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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