Meaning & use
Houseful
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A quantity that fills a house; a large number of people or things occupying a home at once.
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They raised a houseful of children in that small farmhouse.
By evening, the party had grown into a houseful of laughing guests.
A note on using this word
'Houseful' follows the same pattern as words like 'mouthful' or 'roomful,' combining a noun with '-ful' to mean 'enough to fill it.'
Words with a similar meaning
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