"folderful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: folderfuls [plural], foldersful [plural]
Etymology: folder + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|folder|ful|pos=noun}} folder + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|foldersful}} folderful (plural folderfuls or foldersful)
  1. All of the documents, papers, notes, etc. that are contained in a folder.
    Sense id: en-folderful-en-noun-JCGnpPiq
  2. All of the electronic files contained in a folder or directory.
    Sense id: en-folderful-en-noun-PacEYepR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 42 58

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for folderful meaning in English (3.0kB)

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          "ref": "1980, Robert Taylor, Burchenal Green, Tales of the marvelous machine: 35 stories of computing, page 208",
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          "ref": "1990, Datamation - Volume 36, Issues 1-8, page 61",
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          "ref": "2007, Jon Barbuti, Learning to Teach with a Hangover, page 153",
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          "ref": "2010, Michael Buerk -, The Road Taken, page 98",
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          "ref": "1995, Craig Stinson, Running Microsoft Windows 95",
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          "text": "This Mac OS X capability to open a folderful of documents when a folder is selected in an Open dialog can be pretty scary when, from years of habit, you select a folder and hit the Open button to open the folder to look inside, and—whoops!",
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