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HEADFUL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A covering over the surface of your head

Example:

a headful of lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("headful" is a kind of...):

body covering (any covering for the body or a body part)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quantity of information that a head will hold

Example:

he has a headful of baseball statistics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("headful" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

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