shipful

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noun

As much as a ship will hold.

OriginMiddle English schipful →
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Meanings

nounshipful (plural shipfuls or shipsful)

plural shipfuls · plural shipsful

  1. As much as a ship will hold.

    And in Elinor Gordon’s booth you’ll find a shipful of China Trade porcelains, of a kind that gave the West an image of China that the Chinese thought the West wanted to see.

    2007 January 19, Holland Cotter, “Treasure Hunt for Grown-Ups With Money”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Middle Englishschipful
  2. Englishshipful

From Middle English schipful, equivalent to ship + -ful.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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