Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

busful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bus-ful
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amount sufficient to fill a bus.

Example Sentences

"The trip was made Friday in two bouncing busesful, under the chaperonage and direction of Mr. CYRUS DANIEL."
"Among the 50,000 were busesful from Coegnant, Caerau and Cwmdu Collieries in Maesteg and delegates from pits in the Afan and Garw Valleys."
"Riding among an exhausted busful of Negroes going on to graveyard shifts all over the city, […]"
"We had dissolved, busesful of us, to the beach and the hypermarket, to the Boutique Diana, le Royal Baby, the Hotel Folkestone or the Café l’Hovercraft."
"Today the bridge was at its best, Annie thought, showing off for the tourists—there were at least ten busesful in sight."
"I had a busful of fifth-grade students expecting a field trip."

Etymology

From bus + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bus

Inflected Forms

busfuls (plural) busesful (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

omnibusful

Questions

What does busful mean?: An amount sufficient to fill a bus.
Where does busful come from?: From bus + -ful.

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