"storeful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: storefuls [plural], storesful [plural]
Etymology: store + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|store|ful|pos=noun}} store + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|storesful}} storeful (plural storefuls or storesful)
  1. An amount that fills a store.
    Sense id: en-storeful-en-noun-0kAIftZv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for storeful meaning in English (2.2kB)

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          "text": "Nationals guard a million storesful of employes from temptation.",
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          "text": "A storeful of books is a storeful of ideas, adventure, excitement and beauty.",
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          "ref": "1990, William G. Tapply, Opening Day and Other Neuroses, page 98",
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          "ref": "1996, Wally Lamb, She's Come Undone, page 356",
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          "ref": "2011, Marjorie Sandor, The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction",
          "text": "I steel myself for the reality of no swallows and storefuls of swallow kitsch.",
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          "ref": "2011, Rose Tremain, Sadler's Birthday, page 53",
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          "text": "A storeful of books is a storeful of ideas, adventure, excitement and beauty.",
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