Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kneeful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knee-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to cover of fill a knee.

noun

A blow with the knee.

adj

Example Sentences

"But I still had a kneeful of saddle."
"Its middle log had never been properly spiked down or tied with baling wire, so I always got a kneeful of water when I stepped on it."
"He never touched the Molloys, but Penny got a kneeful of black gravel once."
"Get off or I'll let you have a kneeful right where you live."
"It's the thing to do after a thoughtful kneeful study of the case as put by John."

Etymology

From knee + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: knee

Inflected Forms

kneefuls (plural) more kneeful (comparative) most kneeful (superlative)

Questions

What does kneeful mean?: Enough to cover of fill a knee.
Where does kneeful come from?: From knee + -ful.

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