closetful

[kloz-it-fool]

noun

plural

closetfuls 

1. an amount sufficient to fill a closet.

   a closetful of new clothes.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of closetful¹

closet + -ful

Example Sentences

Dana Conway, the Milo Minderbinder of the story, who can source anything, anyhow, and keeps a closetful of things she shouldn’t have; nervous Pvt.

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Once a person holds themselves out to be an exemplar of clean Christian living, it feels like it's just a matter of time before their closetful of dark secrets comes spilling out.

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Towering Jordan Donica announces his arrival as heartthrob Lancelot with a buoyantly operatic “C’est Moi,” and costume designer Jennifer Moeller wraps Soo in a beguiling closetful of chic frocks.

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Even more helpful, however, was a closetful of Chanel.

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The charming, comic sequence in which Elliott’s mother overlooks E.T. among a closetful of stuffed animals both kidded and celebrated the character’s potential take-home commodification; Spielberg was now also in the toy business.

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