faceful

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noun

An amount that fills or covers the face.

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Meanings

nounfaceful (plural facefuls)

plural facefuls

  1. An amount that fills or covers the face.

    Because l didn't dare take either hand off the wheel, I did get a few facefuls of snow, passing under hemlocks with especially low-drooped branches, but that was a cheap price for getting the tractor safely out.

    2006, Noel Perrin, Terry Osborne, Best person rural: essays of a sometime farmer, page 81

Origin

From face + -ful.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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