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Word

ful

Definition

n. a small, round, and often pointed object. It is an old word that people used to describe things like bullets or small stones.

n. a small, rounded, or pointed object. Primarily archaic or dialectal in modern usage, it is often used in the plural to describe projectiles or small stones.

Examples

“The old man carried a bag of small ful.”

“In the old stories, the soldiers were described as carrying a pouch of lead ful for their pistols.”

“The poet used the term to evoke a sense of antiquity, describing the battlefield strewn with the spent ful of a forgotten conflict.”

Examples

simple

“The old man carried a bag of small ful.”

contextual

“In the old stories, the soldiers were described as carrying a pouch of lead ful for their pistols.”

complex

“The poet used the term to evoke a sense of antiquity, describing the battlefield strewn with the spent ful of a forgotten conflict.”

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