ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hiveful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hiveful is a noun meaning The amount contained in a hive.

Meaning

The amount contained in a hive.

Example Sentences

The 37,000 bee loads per pound result in a total bee mileage of about 30,000—or twice around the globe—for a hiveful of bees making their average about 100 pounds of honey in a season.
We are arranging for the storing and unpacking of all the equipment, — and as it ranges from rock crushers to flash lights, — and has all to be listed, checked with an invoice from the states, — stored according to classification and then cross indexed in a filing system, I am as busy as several hivefuls of bees.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hive, superhive, hodful, beehiving, hubble, hearthful.

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