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

Etymology

Origin of boxful

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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

I told her if she’d get me a hunting dog, I'd save the money I earned from my furs, and buy her a new dress and a boxful of pretty hats.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The university bought it along with boxfuls of photos and documents related to Merton and his biographer John Howard Griffin, to add to the library’s extensive Merton files.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2015

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2010

Dealers would ship him boxfuls of postcards on approval.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010

The society has also been sorting through Millay’s paperwork; Ellis left boxfuls of files with cryptic notes like “Requests unanswered.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2010

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

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli