hatful (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *hatful*:
NOUN	quantity	hatful, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad	(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
NOUN	quantity	hatful	as many or as much as a hat will hold

English > *hatful*: 2 senses > noun 1, quantity
Meaning	(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent.
Synonyms	batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Narrower	flood, inundation, deluge, torrent	An overwhelming number or amount
Narrower	haymow	A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Broader	large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount	An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Spanish	avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila
Catalan	apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou

English > *hatful*: 2 senses > noun 2, quantity
Meaning	As many or as much as a hat will hold.
Broader	containerful	The quantity that a container will hold

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