bushful

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noun

As much as a bush holds.

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Meanings

nounbushful (plural bushfuls)

plural bushfuls

  1. As much as a bush holds.

    What caused the breaking of that twig? — what the low, alarmed twittering in that bushful of birds?

    1884, Ambrose Bierce, A Tough Tussle
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    The best thing about Hayling Island (apart from its spanners) was its bounteous bushfuls of blackberries, from which I readily grazed.

    2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home

    He rooted in the ground for pale grubs and tore at bee trees for honey and ate huckleberries by the bushful and was happy and strong.

    2019, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

Origin

From bush + -ful.

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APA

bushful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bushful

MLA

“bushful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bushful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bushful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bushful.

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