"clusterful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more clusterful [comparative], most clusterful [superlative]
Etymology: cluster + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cluster|ful|pos=adjective}} cluster + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} clusterful (comparative more clusterful, superlative most clusterful)
  1. (linguistics) Having phonological rules that allow consonant clusters. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-clusterful-en-adj-Z2mWnbi0 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English quantizers Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English quantizers: 81 19 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: clusterfuls [plural], clustersful [plural]
Etymology: cluster + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cluster|ful|pos=noun}} cluster + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|clustersful}} clusterful (plural clusterfuls or clustersful)
  1. A quantity that forms a cluster.
    Sense id: en-clusterful-en-noun-KMZKjhKm Categories (other): English nouns suffixed with -ful
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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