gardenfuln.
/ˈɡɑːdnfʊl/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrd(ə)nˌfʊl/ As many or as much as a garden will contain. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [noun] > amount planted
gardenful1651
fieldful1810
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things
sheetful?1530
streetful1595
rangeful1603
stringful1611
heavenful1637
hellful1637
skyful1645
gardenful1651
paperful1722
ropeful1726
notchful1733
breathful1815
cityful1826
forestful1832
worldful1835
treeful1837
spongeful1867
stackful1868
balloonful1870
fairful1872
socketful1872
valleyful1890
universeful1893
slingful1913
pawful1925
1651 H. B. in W. Cartwright Comedies sig. ***2 A Lady does disdain to pull Of ev'ry Flower in a Garden-full.
1833 New Sporting Mag. June 130/2 Miss —— certainly was handsome; I could exhaust a whole gardenful of flowers and fruits to weave into similes for her features.
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 56 Like a great sunflower pushing its way at the sun from among a rank garden-full of flaring companions.
1896 G. Hall tr. P. Verlaine in C. D. Warner et al. Libr. World's Best Lit. XXVI. 15321 A gardenful of poems none did sow!
1958 Life 22 Dec. 53 You spoon up a gardenful of goodness from every delicious bowlful of Campbell's Vegetable Soup.
1983 Texas Monthly June 221/1 Mrs. Kraatz..holds forth in the company of seventeen half-wild cats and a gardenful of the largest nasturtiums in Christendom.
2015 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb. (Features section) 35 There were lots of nettles—not so much of a problem to weed, but I didn't want a gardenful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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