Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

officeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: of-fice-ful
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount that fills an office.

Example Sentences

"REALISE what make-up suggests to him when he sees streetsful and officesful of faultily, harsh-looking, made-up faces."
"The talented ex-Greenvillian is now Fashion Coordinator for Loveman’s and, according to Ruth, has two offices-ful of ladies working under her guidance."
"To cope with its need to generate about 400 engineering drawings a day, the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York employs six officefuls of draftsmen."
"I remember 3:45 p.m. at the Allen County Auditor's Office, where I worked with Joan and an officeful of working mothers."
"Day warned that the use of the radium rods—which could be used successively on an "officeful of patients"—could become a lucrative source of income for the user."
"Listen to this CEO: I don't want an officeful of robots, but I also don't want people who bring their negative feelings to work every day."

Etymology

From office + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: office

Inflected Forms

officefuls (plural) officesful (plural)

Questions

What does officeful mean?: The amount that fills an office.
Where does officeful come from?: From office + -ful.

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