Graveful
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Enough to fill a grave.
"Cold damp sweat oozed from my temples; there was a dull heavy pressure upon my chest, as if there was the weight of a graveful of earth upon it; […] My senses left me, and when the men took me out, I seemed very likely to have real need of the coffin into which they had put me for fun."
Example
More examples"Cold damp sweat oozed from my temples; there was a dull heavy pressure upon my chest, as if there was the weight of a graveful of earth upon it; […] My senses left me, and when the men took me out, I seemed very likely to have real need of the coffin into which they had put me for fun."
Etymology
From grave + -ful.
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