"brimful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/
Etymology: From brim + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|brim#Etymology_2|ful|pos=adjective}} brim + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} brimful (not comparable)
  1. Filled to maximum capacity. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: brimfulness Translations (filled to overflowing): puhapuha (Maori), puhake (Maori), pūhakehake (Maori), bretful (Middle English), дополна́ (dopolná) (Russian), до краёв (do krajóv) (Russian), bräddfull (Swedish), bräddfylld (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brimful-en-adj-vBU-A71~ Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 17 9 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 59 19 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɪmfʊl/ Forms: brimfuls [plural]
Etymology: brim + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brim|ful|pos=noun}} brim + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} brimful (plural brimfuls)
  1. The maximum amount a container can hold.
    Sense id: en-brimful-en-noun-uXBudhqc
  2. (figurative) A large amount. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: lot
    Sense id: en-brimful-en-noun-bHaDYSA0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for brimful meaning in English (3.8kB)

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          "code": "mi",
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