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shelfful

American  
[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

More checkerboards than a shelfful of Purina boxes.

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

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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