carful

noun

car·​ful ˈkär-ˌfu̇l How to pronounce carful (audio)
: as much or as many as a car will hold

Examples of carful in a Sentence

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The land crossings to Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Finland swelled with carfuls of men. — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 Later, Matar’s brother, Ziad, narrowly escaped a carful of would-be kidnappers who chased him all the way to his boarding school in a Swiss mountain village. — Robert F. Worth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carful was in 1832

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“Carful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carful. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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