Meanings
nounboxful (plural boxfuls or boxesful)
plural boxfuls · plural boxesful
- As much as a box will hold.
She […] had bought a new dress at Hollander’s and a boxful of toys for the children at Schwartz’s, and had dined once again with Agnes and had had her and Jimmy to dine at the Belmont one evening before a symphony concert.
1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 284Synonyms: boxload
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAs much as a box will hold.
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Origin
Translations
Danish æske
- æskeas much as a box will hold
French boîte
- boîteas much as a box will hold
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