Earthful
//ɜːθfl̩// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 As much as the earth can or does hold or sustain.
"Then, as we reach higher than the bird to the world of quadrupeds, think what an earthful of life and feeling, of exaltation, of joy, there is in every forest, in every stream, in every tree, over every plain and every land of the globe."
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to the earth, as opposed to heaven; earthly.
"From His holy home on High, We to give them earthful teachings, They to lead us to the sky !"
Example
More examples"Then, as we reach higher than the bird to the world of quadrupeds, think what an earthful of life and feeling, of exaltation, of joy, there is in every forest, in every stream, in every tree, over every plain and every land of the globe."
Etymology
From earth + -ful.
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