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cartful

British  
/ ˈkɑːtˌfʊl /

noun

  1. the amount a cart can hold

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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You don’t need a cartful of gadgets — a single, inspiring find is enough to spark a weeknight cooking renaissance.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

Genghis Khan supposedly never entered battle without a cartful of these larvae for his warriors.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2019

For most of that time, the city paid little mind to the 50-year-old former paramedic and his cartful of possessions.

From Time Magazine Archive

I played Patton," says George C. Scott in a voice that sounds like a cartful of coal rumbling up from No. 7 shaft, "because I liked the man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having cleared the stable of astronomy of circles and spirals, he was left, he said, with “only a single cartful of dung,” a stretched-out circle something like an oval.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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