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As many as a house will accommodate
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houseful
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. as many as a house will hold
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
houseful \houseful\ n. as many as a house will accommodate; as, they entertained a houseful of guests.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A houseful of people watched me around the clock, which only made me more determined. ▪ Because we so easily could have a houseful of mud. ▪ I had a houseful of them. ▪ The house was mine, but I should not be able to keep a houseful ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from house (n.) + -ful .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. as many as a house will accommodate; "they entertained a houseful of guests"
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Houseful is a 2009 Bengali language film directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay . In this film, the star Prosenjit Chatterjee 's character is a movie director who creates artistic films that flop and are not selected for awards. After several tries and exhausting ...
Usage examples of houseful.
She had had a houseful of guests or had gone to other, uninhabited islands.
They died within three weeks of each other, and his mother inherited a houseful of Waterford glassware, Belleek china and other household impedimenta.
One of the reasons why he disliked Schmidt was that he blamed the old boy for luring me from the primrose path that led to the cottage door and the little frilly aprons and the houseful of babies.
Grace's mother had mellowed a little, Ericson decided, but not much: she still tried to rule the roost, she still behaved as if she were the only grown-up in a houseful of children.
By then we will have a houseful of wizardlings to care for them like Tam did.