Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sackful

/ˈsæk.fʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: sack-ful
IPA: /ˈsæk.fʊl/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount a sack will contain.

noun

A large number or amount (of something).

adj

Intent on plunder.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A sackful of sand won't help the soil here much, but a dump truck full would."
"If I be not so rich, as to sowe almes by sackfulls, euen my Mite, is beyond the superfluity of wealth: and my pen, my tongue, and my life, shal (I hope) helpe some to better treasure, then the earth affoords them."
"Potatoes were getting very scarce. If you got a sackful you could take them down to the cook-house and swap them for a water-bottleful of coffee."
"You live until you die, and it doesn’t matter how you go; dead’s dead. So why carry on like a sackful of sick cats just because Herb Clutter got his throat cut?"
"what can the Pope say more for his sackfull of traditions?"
"[…] away we went home again fraught with a Sackful of news to tell our Master."

Etymology

From sack (“bag”) + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sack

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sackfuls (plural) sacksful (plural) more sackful (comparative) most sackful (superlative)

Synonyms

sackload sack

Questions

How do you pronounce sackful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæk.fʊl/.
What does sackful mean?: The amount a sack will contain.
Where does sackful come from?: From sack (“bag”) + -ful.

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