Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.

adj

That fills the head of a phage

Example Sentences

"The headful of stories you gather over a lifetime lets you refold the time and space of your history into meaningful, tellable patterns."

Etymology

From head + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: head

Inflected Forms

headfuls (plural) headsful (plural)

Questions

What does headful mean?: An amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.
Where does headful come from?: From head + -ful.

How to pronounce headful

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