Definition of "boatful" []

• Enough of something to fill a boat, or a boat filled with the thing in question (noun)

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• "They unloaded the boatful of oysters onto the lawn at the side of Charlie's house into two waist high mountains, Jon's and Charlie's, and to the side Jelly's miniscule pile."
• "Halfway through the sale, he pointed to a large painting of a boatful of people hanging on the far wall."
• "Handguns are not adequate weapons for troops storming a boatful of people who may offer violent resistance, the moreso if those people are armed, even if not armed with firearms."