Definitions
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- noun as much as a
box will hold
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity contained in a box
Etymologies
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Examples
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“She has a boxful of eyeballs,” Brook whispered to me.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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I splurged on some new storage tools and a boxful of files and such things.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Office Overhaul for Mental Overhaul 2010
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That is why when Strawberry Shortcake cereal came out I did something almost unheard of my in my young world, I stepped over gender buying lines and ate this cereal by the boxful.
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I figure it would take 10 or 20 terabytes, or if you prefer, a boxful of thumb drives.
Seth Shostak: Burn the Bookcases! Seth Shostak 2010
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Or a boxful of slugs and a pair of brass knuckles; a leather sap, a gravity knife, and mercury gloves.
We Must Be Carefully Taut Bill Yarrow 2011
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“She has a boxful of eyeballs,” Brook whispered to me.
Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011
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I figure it would take 10 or 20 terabytes, or if you prefer, a boxful of thumb drives.
Seth Shostak: Burn the Bookcases! Seth Shostak 2010
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I figure it would take 10 or 20 terabytes, or if you prefer, a boxful of thumb drives.
Seth Shostak: Burn the Bookcases! Seth Shostak 2010
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It's not even like I have that much left — just a boxful that survived room changes through college and beyond.
Advisor: What should I do with my high school CD collection? Boing Boing 2010
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I figure it would take 10 or 20 terabytes, or if you prefer, a boxful of thumb drives.
Seth Shostak: Burn the Bookcases! Seth Shostak 2010
bilby commented on the word boxful
This looks like a happy word to me.
July 26, 2008