adj
Meaning 1
Filled to maximum capacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: to the brim, chock full
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brimful
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/ˈbɹɪmfʊl/
noun
Meaning 2
The maximum amount a container can hold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A large amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload, buttload, cartload, crapflood, crapload, deal, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, gob, great deal, hantle, heap, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, load, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, pile, ream, shedload, shitflood, shitful, shitload, shitton, sight, slew, spadeloads, sum, superflux, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
filled to capacity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a brimful cup
- I am brimful of chowder
- a child brimming over with curiosity
- eyes brimming with tears
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brimfull, brimming
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From brim + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: puhapuha — filled to overflowing
- Māori: puhake — filled to overflowing
- Māori: pūhakehake — filled to overflowing
- Middle English: bretful — filled to overflowing
- Russian: дополна́ (dopolná) — filled to overflowing
- Russian: до краёв (do krajóv) — filled to overflowing
- Swedish: bräddfull — filled to overflowing
- Swedish: bräddfylld — filled to overflowing
- Tày: ăng ắc — filled to overflowing