armful

«armful» in Mova's school dictionary: As much as you can carry in one or both arms — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an armful, armfuls)

meaning for a pupil

As much as you can carry in one or both arms. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life: an armful of books, an armful of firewood. In maths problems it is a rough amount, not an exact number. Phrases: an armful of, by the armful.

examples

• She came in with an armful of books. tree →
• Dad carried an armful of logs to the fire. tree →
• He picked an armful of flowers. tree →
• The children brought armfuls of leaves. tree →
• She dropped her armful of shopping. tree →
• Each pupil carried an armful of chairs. tree →
• Minnikin, however, took home with him an armful of gold and silver hoops from the Troll’s ship. tree →

note

Plural: armfuls (also armsful, rare). Like handful, mouthful, spoonful. Not an exact measure.

In the corpora

• Mole comes back with an armful of rifles.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «armful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.