"wheelful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wheelful [comparative], most wheelful [superlative]
Etymology: From wheel + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wheel|ful|pos=adjective}} wheel + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} wheelful (comparative more wheelful, superlative most wheelful)
  1. Full of, or bearing, wheels; wheeled.
    Sense id: en-wheelful-en-adj-077nOsti Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 77 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: wheelfuls [plural]
Etymology: From wheel + -ful. Compare handful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wheel|ful|pos=noun}} wheel + -ful, {{l|en|handful}} handful Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheelful (plural wheelfuls)
  1. The amount a wheel can hold.
    Sense id: en-wheelful-en-noun-oagVHOIe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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