ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sackful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sackful is a noun meaning The amount a sack will contain.

Meaning

The amount a sack will contain.

More Meanings

  1. (figuratively) A large number or amount (of something).
  2. (obsolete) Intent on plunder.

Example Sentences

what can the Pope say more for his sackfull of traditions?
A sackful of sand won't help the soil here much, but a dump truck full would.
[…] away we went home again fraught with a Sackful of news to tell our Master.
1986, Hanif Kureishi, “Bradford” in Granta 20, Winter, 1986, p. 163, He received sackfuls of hate mail and few letters of support.

Word Forms

Synonyms for sackful

Depending on context, synonyms include sack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include floursack, sacque, supersack, sacket, minisack, saco.

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