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boxful

box·ful
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [boks-foo l]
    • /ˈbɒks fʊl/
    • /ˈbɒks.fʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [boks-foo l]
    • /ˈbɒks fʊl/

Definitions of boxful word

  • noun boxful the contents of a box or the amount a box can contain 3
  • noun plural boxful as much as a box can hold: a boxful of cornflakes. 1
  • noun boxful as much as a box will hold. 0

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Origin of boxful

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; box1 + -ful

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Boxful

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

boxful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

boxful usage trend in Literature

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