Shelfful (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount that a shelf will holdplay

Example:

he bought a shelfful of books

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("shelfful" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

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