carful

[ kahr-fool ]

noun

, plural car·fuls.

1. the largest number or amount that a car can hold.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carful¹

First recorded in 1825–35; car ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

Ball is given a warning, no point taken this time but he needs to be carful in those moments.

From BBC

One German-Turkish university student was unloading a carful of phone charging banks.

From New York Times

“You have to be carful of over-thinking it, over-analyzing it giving the players too much, and you end up not playing your best football.”

From Seattle Times

“If you have a lot of power, you’ve got to be carful how you exercise that power,” Ellis told the lawyers at the trial’s outset, outside the jury’s presence.

From Seattle Times

She had a carful of patients she was transporting from the meeting place to the makeshift clinic.

From Washington Post