Tenderful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tenderful is a noun meaning A quantity that a tender (railroad car behind the engine) holds.
Meaning
A quantity that a tender (railroad car behind the engine) holds.
More Meanings
- The quantity that a tender (ship that functions as a mobile base) holds.
- (poetic) tender; compassionate.
Example Sentences
The sea tossed and jostled Rose and a tenderful of Willies.
You needn't have been so tenderful. I'm going to put on wedding-robes myself, you know.
His complaint was more than justified, for seldom have I seen such a tenderful of dust and sweepings.
When an engine gets a tenderful of this stuff, there will be trouble in making steam freely enough to take the train along on time.
Word Forms
- tenderfuls
- tendersful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include carriageful, tender, breastful, compartmentful, tentful, pitcherful.
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