"houseful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: housefuls [plural], housesful [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English housful, equivalent to house + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|housful}} Middle English housful, {{af|en|house|-ful|pos=noun}} house + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|housesful}} houseful (plural housefuls or housesful)
  1. as many as a house will hold Translations (as many as a house will hold): maîsonnée [feminine] (Norman)

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