the contents of a box or the amount a box can contain
a boxful of groceries
two boxfuls of correspondence
Neil would thumb through catalogues, ordering books by the boxful.
boxful in American English
(ˈbɑksful)
nounWord forms: plural-fuls
as much as a box can hold
a boxful of cornflakes
Word origin
[1840–50; box1 + -ful]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, creationism, dope, flan, plaque-ful is a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); or “as much as will fill” (spoonful)
Examples of 'boxful' in a sentence
boxful
Put us in a room with a boxful of ingredients, we'd come out with something pretty similar.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She, of course, had needed a boxful of tissues before she let go of me as her flight was called.