Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bagful

[ˈbæɡfʊɫ]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: bag-ful
IPA: [ˈbæɡfʊɫ]

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount that fills a bag.

noun

A large assortment.

Example Sentences

"She carried a bagful of groceries into the house."
"The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech."
"They each had, it seemed, a bagful of sermons often preached with great authority, and brought souls low before the altar—like so many ears of corn lopped off by the hired laborer in his daily work […]"

Etymology

From Middle English bage-ful, bage full, baggeful, bagg-ful; equivalent to bag + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bage-ful
Suffix: bag

Regional Pronunciation

British English: [ˈbæɡfʊɫ]

Inflected Forms

bagfuls (plural) bagsful (plural)

Synonyms

bag sackful oodles quantity stockpile scads

Questions

How do you pronounce bagful?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈbæɡfʊɫ].
What does bagful mean?: The amount that fills a bag.
Where does bagful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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