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HATFUL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
As many or as much as a hat will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("hatful" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
Example:
a wad of money
Synonyms:
batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("hatful" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hatful"):
deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)
haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)
