Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paperful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-per-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enough to fill a paper.

Example Sentences

"The parent had put pins by papersful, / Till she was like a frightful porcupine;[…]"
"At various drugstores in such places as Purdy’s, Golden’s Bridge, Brewster, Croton Falls, Katonah and Mount Kisco, as well as Ridgefield, Scotts Corners, Pound Ridge and New Caanan, I bought about a ton of eye makeup, lipstick, powder, papersful of bobby pins, curlers (me! curlers!) and other tools for the conversion of Woman As Harper’s Bazaar Believes Her To Be."
"Yvonne scooped up two more paperfuls of flour by the time he returned with her broom and dustpan."

Etymology

From paper + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: paper

Inflected Forms

paperfuls (plural) papersful (plural)

Questions

What does paperful mean?: Enough to fill a paper.
Where does paperful come from?: From paper + -ful.

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