Definition of Forkfuls

1. Noun. (plural of forkful) ¹

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Definition of Forkfuls

1. forkful [n] - See also: forkful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forkfuls

forkball
forkbeard
forkbeards
forked
forked lightning
forked out
forked over
forked tongue
forkedly
forkedness
forken
forker
forkers
forkful
forkfuls (current term)
forkhead
forkheads
forkier
forkiest
forkiness
forkinesses
forking
forking out
forking over
forkless
forklift
forklifted
forklifting
forklifts

Literary usage of Forkfuls

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

1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"In some instances four or five men are required to pitch the forkfuls from one to another, which is always a very tedious and expensive way to convey hay to ..."

2. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Charles Asbury Stephens (1922)
"With the elder heaving up great forkfuls and grandmother Ruth valiantly ... Jim tried to place his forkfuls where they need not be moved and where the girls ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The hay is thrown in forkfuls on at the bottom, a pony-gear causes the web to revolve, and the hay is carried in an almost continuous stream up the elevator ..."

4. Vermont Beautiful by Wallace Nutting (1922)
"How the men leaped to it, hurling on huge forkfuls! How they tumbled it into the mows and rushed forth again, a race against nature! ..."

5. Highways and Byways of the Great Lakes by Clifton Johnson (1911)
"In order to show him how, I got over into the pen and threw out a couple of forkfuls. Then the Dutchman threw out two forkfuls and handed back the fork. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"Stable manure should be applied only in early spring, never in midsummer, and a light dressing, not to exceed six large forkfuls, is the maximum amount that ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The hay is thrown in forkfuls on at the bottom, a pony-gear causes the web to revolve, and the hay is carried in an almost continuous stream up the elevator ..."

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