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armful

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈɑɹmˌfəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːmfl̩/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The amount an arm or arms can hold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quantity that can be contained in the arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: containerful

History

Etymology

From arm + -ful (suffix forming nouns indicating as much as can be held by the noun to which it is attached).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qucaq — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Belarusian: бярэ́мя (bjarémja) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Bulgarian: хватка (hvatka) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Bulgarian: наръч (narǎč) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Catalan: braçat — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Catalan: braçada — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抱 (bào) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滿懷的 /满怀的 (mǎnhuái de) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Dutch: armvol — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Estonian: sületäis — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Finnish: sylillinen — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Finnish: sylys — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • French: brassée — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Galician: brazada — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • German: Armvoll — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Ido: brakiedo — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Irish: uchtán — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Irish: uchtóg — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Italian: bracciata — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Mongolian: тэвэр (tever) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Norman: brachie — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Occitan: braçat — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Polish: naręcze — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Portuguese: braçada — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Russian: бере́мя (berémja) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Russian: оха́пка (oxápka) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Scottish Gaelic: ultach — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Lower Sorbian: łono — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Spanish: brazado — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Tagalog: galawad — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Ukrainian: обере́мок (oberémok) — amount an arm or arms can hold
  • Welsh: coflaid — amount an arm or arms can hold