Hiveful
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The amount contained in a hive.
"We are arranging for the storing and unpacking of all the equipment, — and as it ranges from rock crushers to flash lights, — and has all to be listed, checked with an invoice from the states, — stored according to classification and then cross indexed in a filing system, I am as busy as several hivefuls of bees."
Example
More examples"We are arranging for the storing and unpacking of all the equipment, — and as it ranges from rock crushers to flash lights, — and has all to be listed, checked with an invoice from the states, — stored according to classification and then cross indexed in a filing system, I am as busy as several hivefuls of bees."
Etymology
From hive + -ful.
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