houseful

[ hous-fool ]

/ ˈhaʊs fʊl /

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noun, plural house·fuls.

as many as a house will accommodate: a houseful of weekend guests.

as much as a house will hold: He had several housefuls of furniture.

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Origin of houseful

1250–1300; Middle English. See house, -ful

usage note for houseful

See -ful.

Words nearby houseful

house factor, housefather, house finch, house flag, housefly, houseful, house furnishings, house group, houseguest, household, household ammonia

How to use houseful in a sentence

That means that at some point, what’s now a houseful of ski bums is going to be the high-rent, corporately owned antithesis of everything they love.
The Last Aspen Ski Bums Are About to Get Evicted|lwhelan|November 9, 2021|Outside Online
Raising a houseful of kids mostly on her own was enough of a challenge, without throwing ooh-la-la gourmet cooking into the mix.
4 Autumnal Desserts|Michel Richard|November 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It is always a compliment to be asked to a small party; whereas, if you have a houseful it doesnt matter who is there.
The Angel of Pain|E. F. Benson
There was no regular coming out in almost bridal array, with a grand tea and a houseful of flowers.
A Little Girl in Old Salem|Amanda Minnie Douglas

You don't seem to know, Norcott, that you 've got a houseful of the most insolent servants in Christendom.
That Boy Of Norcott's|Charles James Lever
With such a houseful of people, the cook was worked to the bone; but she gloried in it, and cackled harder than ever.
The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter
In this untoward event the father has something more on his hands than merely a houseful of daughters to dispose of.
The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell

British Dictionary definitions for houseful

houseful

/ (ˈhaʊsfʊl) /

noun

the full amount or number that can be accommodated in a particular house

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