Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castleful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: castle-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a castle.

Example Sentences

"Does n’t she know very well that the Giant-Killer will rescue whole castlesful of distressed damsels?"
"Welsh resistance effectively collapsed, to be encircled with new castlefuls of Edward’s soldiers."
"As painters and graphic artists, Agar, Carrington, Colquhoun, Hugo, Kahlo, Kerrn-Larsen, Lamba, Oppenheim, Rimmington, Toyen, and Varo opened whole castlesful of imaginative windows that have made life more thrilling for the dreamers of all countries ever since."

Etymology

From castle + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: castle

Inflected Forms

castlefuls (plural) castlesful (plural)

Questions

What does castleful mean?: Enough to fill a castle.
Where does castleful come from?: From castle + -ful.

How to pronounce castleful

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