Definition of Armful

1. Noun. The quantity that can be contained in the arms.

Generic synonyms: Containerful

Definition of Armful

1. n. As much as the arm can hold.

Definition of Armful

1. Noun. The amount an arm or arms can hold. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Armful

1. as much as the arm can hold [n ARMFULS or ARMSFUL]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armful

armed robberies
armed robbery
armed rostellum
armed service
armed services
armed tapeworm
armedness
armenia
armenite
armer
armers
armest
armet
armeth
armets
armful (current term)
armfuls
armgaunt
armguard
armguards
armhair
armhairs
armhole
armholes
armie
armies
armiferous
armiger
armigeral
armigero

Literary usage of Armful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?: Or, Curious Revelations from the Life by Nettie Colburn Maynard, Henrietta Sturdevant (Colburn) Maynard (1891)
"... of Chancellorsville goes on and the result foretold—We depart with an armful of flowers—Visit to the Mount Pleasant Hospital, where father greets us. ..."

2. The Simple Life by Ruth King Porter (2006)
"WHEN ISABEL STEPPED out of her room with the last armful of books, she almost bumped into Roxy who was coming out of the bathroom. "Hey, hon, watch it. ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Panjábí Language by J. Newton (1854)
"An armful of grass, straw, grain, &c. just cut. a kind of bird ; a kind of flower. ... armful ..."

4. What is medicine? by Albert Leary Gihon (1886)
"with an armful of diplomas, have subscribed to the most inflexible of codes, and no matter what faculty, society or institution he may be delegated to ..."

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