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barrelful
[ bar-uhl-fool ]
noun
, plural bar·rel·fuls.
- the amount that a barrel can hold.
- any large quantity:
a barrelful of jokes.
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Spelling Note
See -ful.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of barrelful1
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Example Sentences
I had only purchased one small basket of "Snows" when a large supply, almost a barrelful, came from a distant friend.
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All knew that there was over a barrelful of the inflammable liquid in the tank on the upper deck.
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As the balls exploded, a half-barrelful of flesh and hide was shot from each, leaving two gaping holes.
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Look at old Jan Domeny, he hasn't an apple-tree in his garden, and yet he made a barrelful of cider this October.
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On this occasion the vicar brought a barrelful, which he doled out into cone biscuits all through the afternoon.
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