"acreful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: acrefuls [plural], acresful [plural]
Etymology: acre + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|acre|ful|pos=noun}} acre + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|acresful}} acreful (plural acrefuls or acresful)
  1. As much as an acre produces or uses.
    Sense id: en-acreful-en-noun-SDrYlADz
  2. An unspecified but very large amount.
    Sense id: en-acreful-en-noun-2GHVFyr4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 43 57

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1963, Agronomy Abstracts, page 15",
          "text": "As pressures grow for increased Industrial, recreational and urban use of water, agriculture will have to justify every acreful of water it uses.",
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          "text": "...three insectivorous fledgelings, who no sooner have they swallowed a mosquito whole are they clamoring for the whole swarm, who no sooner have they swallowed a worm than are they clamoring for an acreful, reminding us not a little already in certain respects of our Palafox, their presumptive father.",
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