adj
Meaning 1
Full of obstructions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barful
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noun
Meaning 2
Enough to fill a bar (drinking establishment).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1999, Salon It's not funny November by the time he figured out that he would not have been required to stand and salute even if "Molly Malone" were the Irish national anthem, he already had a barful of drunken farmers laughing their Guinness-soaked heads off at him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barload
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English bar Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English barful From bar + -ful.