"compartmentful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compartmentfuls [plural], compartmentsful [plural]
Etymology: compartment + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|compartment|ful|pos=noun}} compartment + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|compartmentsful}} compartmentful (plural compartmentfuls or compartmentsful)
  1. A quantity sufficient to fill a compartment.

Inflected forms

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