Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boatful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
boat-ful
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English botefull, botfull, equivalent to boat + -ful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

boatfuls (plural) boatsful (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

boatload

Questions

What does boatful mean?
Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question
Where does boatful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce boatful

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