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boxful

(ˈbɒksfʊl)
n
the contents of a box or the amount a box can contain
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.boxful - the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates"
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
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It was impossible for Rose to pout with the prospect of a delightful boxful of gifts dancing before her eyes; so, in spite of herself, she smiled as she drank her own health, and found that fresh milk was not a hard dose to take.
I have grown quite fond of the garlic, and a boxful arrives for me every day from Haarlem.
After the concert was over, Antonia brought out a big boxful of photographs: she and Anton in their wedding clothes, holding hands; her brother Ambrosch and his very fat wife, who had a farm of her own, and who bossed her husband, I was delighted to hear; the three Bohemian Marys and their large families.
Bert began to light matches from a borrowed boxful, and search for a half-crown that still eluded him among the charred remains.
There was a boxful of packets of various flower- seeds to choose from, for the front garden.
I have searched high and low just to be able to rummage through disorganized piles of marked-down books and go home with a boxful or two.
In a session titled "Transformation Underway: Innovative Talents in Hong Kong", three local start-up entrepreneurs - Eric Gnock Fah, COO and co-founder of Klook, Alan Lam, founder of Concept Infinity Limited, and Norman Cheung, founder of Boxful Technology - shared their game-changing ideas which are helping to disrupt and transform various industries in the city.
With the flush fitting magazine in place and the two extended magazines carried in a pouch, you've got more than a boxful of 9mm ammo at your disposal.
School officials sounded skeptical when first contacted about the boxful of court records, McCord said.
The GI's would trade their ready- to- eat rations for fresh vegetables, and we would usually have a boxful. There was a menu, a list of what was inside the box, usually Spam, crackers, beans, even a stick or two of cigarettes.
LENZE has announced it is bringing a boxful of big Ideas to IntraLogisteX 2018 (stand 130).