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shelfful

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[shelf-fool] / ˈʃɛlf fʊl /

noun

shelffuls plural
  1. an amount adequate to fill a shelf.

    They buy canned goods by the shelfful.

  2. the amount contained on a shelf.

    We gave away a shelfful of books.


Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of shelfful

First recorded in 1875–80; shelf + -ful

Example Sentences

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The volume was the first in a shelfful of books about Paddington’s adventures and misadventures that sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into dozens of languages.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2017

At 44, Billy Joel has some lovely hardware: platinum albums and a shelfful of Grammys.

From Time Magazine Archive

SoftBook says it will launch the new model with a shelfful of titles at 25% to 50% off.

From Time Magazine Archive

More checkerboards than a shelfful of Purina boxes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The overseas calls were killing me, so I invested in an atlas and a shelfful of almanacs and reference books.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Today we use shelffuls of heavily advertised over-the-counter remedies: aspirin, Advil, Tylenol, Aleve.

From Time Magazine Archive

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