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room·ful (r

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n. pl. room·fuls

a. The amount that a room can hold: a roomful of furniture.

b. The number of people that a room can hold: a roomful of guests.

2. The number of people in a room, considered as a group: The whole roomful gasped when he entered wearing a bizarre costume.

roomful [ˈruːmfʊl ˈrʊm-]

n pl -fuls

a number or quantity sufficient to fill a room a roomful of furniture

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Noun

roomful - the quantity a room will hold

containerful - the quantity that a container will hold

Translations

roomful [ˈrʊmfʊl] N a roomful of priests → un cuarto lleno de curas
they have Picassos by the roomful → tienen salas enteras llenas de cuadros de Picasso

roomful

n there was quite a roomful → das Zimmer war ganz schön voll; a roomful of people → ein Zimmer voll(er) Leute

roomful [ˈrʊmfʊl] n → stanza piena

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