shelfful

American  

[shelf-fool] / ˈʃɛlf fʊl /

noun

PLURAL

shelffuls

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.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of shelfful

First recorded in 1875–80; shelf + -ful

Example Sentences

Along with her Olympic medals, Bekatorou brought home four World Championship titles and a shelfful of national and European trophies.

From Washington Times

Over nearly half a century, Mrs. Maddox produced a shelfful of books, most of them biographies.

From Washington Post

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

In one window we had a shelfful of current books, open to attractive pictures, with a sign reminding wayfarers that they might be taken out by cardholders and that cards were free.

From Project Gutenberg