boxful

American  

[boks-fool] / ˈbɒks fʊl /

noun

• boxfuls
  plural

1. as much as a box can hold.

   a boxful of cornflakes.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boxfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boxful

First recorded in 1840–50; box ¹ + -ful

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Example Sentences

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boxful boxfuls

Dr. Wen recommended donning at a minimum a three-ply surgical mask — the disposable variety widely sold by the boxful — but better still are the respirators, starting with the gold standard, the N95.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

When I was a boy, my father — not a reader himself — would sometimes pay a dollar or two for an odd boxful of books from a yard sale.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021

Back in the dingy chaos of his lab, Spence pointed out a boxful of unlabelled beverage cans, of all different sizes and shapes.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 2, 2015

“Digital assets have value, sometimes sentimental, and sometimes commercial, just like a boxful of jewelry,” said John M. Riccione, a lawyer at Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa in Chicago.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2013

“I don’t get more’n a boxful every couple hours.”

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Mr. Ege’s family had long stored boxfuls of material.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2015

She had brought along boxfuls of her forebear’s work, representing his favorite motifs like buffaloes, elephants, snakes and panthers.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2012

But Garrett worried that they will scatter across the region as bidders take boxfuls home.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2010

Dealers would ship him boxfuls of postcards on approval.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010

Once every four or five boxfuls, a pigeon got away clean.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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