"boatful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boatfuls [plural], boatsful [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English botefull, botfull, equivalent to boat + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|botefull}} Middle English botefull, {{m|enm|botfull}} botfull, {{suf|en|boat|ful|pos=noun}} boat + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|boatsful}} boatful (plural boatfuls or boatsful)
  1. Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question Related terms: boatload Translations (Translations): bateledo (Ido), barcata [feminine] (Italian), barchettata [feminine] (Italian), bat'lée [feminine] (Norman), bèrtchie [feminine] (Norman)
    Sense id: en-boatful-en-noun-aDaG6JuM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

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