"busful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: busfuls [plural], busesful [plural]
Etymology: bus + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bus|ful|pos=noun}} bus + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|busesful}} busful (plural busfuls or busesful)
  1. An amount sufficient to fill a bus. Related terms: omnibusful Translations (amount sufficient to fill a bus): bussillinen (Finnish), bussilasti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-busful-en-noun-PDgSD18Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for busful meaning in English (2.6kB)

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          "ref": "1946 April 7, “Campus Capers”, in The Nashville Tennessean, volume 39, number 326, Nashville, Tenn., page 9-B",
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          "ref": "1953 October 23, “Angry Miners Threaten To ‘Down’ The Government”, in Glamorgan Advertiser, volume 33, number 1760, page 5",
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          "ref": "1982, Libby Purves, Britain at Play, Robson Books, page 92",
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          "ref": "1988, Octavia Street, Words of Love, Silhouette Books, page 28",
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          "ref": "2012, Ronald Vaughan Morris, History and Imagination: Reenactments for Elementary Social Studies, Rowman & Littlefield, page 1",
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          "ref": "2013, Serge Quadruppani, The Sudden Disappearance of Worker Bees, Arcade Publishing (2013; original French novel published 2011), unnumbered page",
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          "ref": "1953 October 23, “Angry Miners Threaten To ‘Down’ The Government”, in Glamorgan Advertiser, volume 33, number 1760, page 5",
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