Armful
noun
The amount of things that can be held in one or both arms.
She carried an armful of books from the library.
Often appears as...
- carry an armful
- armful of clothes
noun
The amount of things that can be held in one or both arms.
She carried an armful of books from the library.
Often appears as...
- carry an armful
- armful of clothes
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Capacity
Refers to the maximum items one can hold using arms - not strictly quantifiable.
He could only carry an armful of the stuffed animals.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express a large, but vague, quantity.
She had an armful of problems to deal with at work.
Pro Tip 3/3Measure of Effort
Suggests the effort taken to carry something, often implying it's heavy or awkward.
The child returned with an armful of firewood for the campfire.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Capacity
Refers to the maximum items one can hold using arms - not strictly quantifiable.
He could only carry an armful of the stuffed animals.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express a large, but vague, quantity.
She had an armful of problems to deal with at work.
Pro Tip 3/3Measure of Effort
Suggests the effort taken to carry something, often implying it's heavy or awkward.
The child returned with an armful of firewood for the campfire.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Capacity
Refers to the maximum items one can hold using arms - not strictly quantifiable.
He could only carry an armful of the stuffed animals.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express a large, but vague, quantity.
She had an armful of problems to deal with at work.
Pro Tip 3/3Measure of Effort
Suggests the effort taken to carry something, often implying it's heavy or awkward.
The child returned with an armful of firewood for the campfire.
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Video examples
Mike deGruy: Hooked by...
So I was staring at this animal about six or seven inches away, and at that time I could actually focus that close; now as I look at my fuzzy fingers I realize those days are long gone. Anyway, there we were, staring at each other, and he reaches down and grabs an armful of gravel
Video examples
Mike deGruy: Hooked by...
So I was staring at this animal about six or seven inches away, and at that time I could actually focus that close; now as I look at my fuzzy fingers I realize those days are long gone. Anyway, there we were, staring at each other, and he reaches down and grabs an armful of gravel
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Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Over the years, my marks on paper have landed me in all sorts of courts and controversies - I have been comprehensively labelled; anti-this and anti-that, anti-social, anti-football, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-Semitic, anti-science, anti-republican, anti-American, anti-Australian - to recall just an armful of the antis.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books.
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Over the years, my marks on paper have landed me in all sorts of courts and controversies - I have been comprehensively labelled; anti-this and anti-that, anti-social, anti-football, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-Semitic, anti-science, anti-republican, anti-American, anti-Australian - to recall just an armful of the antis.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
Both my mum and dad were great readers, and we would go every Saturday morning to the library, and my sister and I had a library card when we could pass off something as a signature, and all of us would come with an armful of books.
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