"carful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carfuls [plural], carsful [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English carful (“cartful”), equivalent to car + -ful. Shift in meaning follows that of "cart" to modern senses of car. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), German Karrevoll (“a cartful”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|carful|t=cartful}} Middle English carful (“cartful”), {{af|en|car|-ful|pos=noun}} car + -ful, {{cog|stq|Koareful|t=a cartful}} Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), {{cog|fy|karfol|t=a cartful}} West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), {{cog|de|Karrevoll|t=a cartful}} German Karrevoll (“a cartful”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|carsful}} carful (plural carfuls or carsful)
  1. As much as a car will hold. (Usually with reference to an automobile; sometimes with reference to a railroad car, especially in 19th-century texts.)
    Sense id: en-carful-en-noun-zieFHI9l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 90 6 1 4 Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -ful: 90 7 0 4

Inflected forms

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