armful

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈɑɹmˌfəl/ UK /ˈɑːmfl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #61618

Meanings

1

noun
The amount that you can hold in one or both arms.

She carried an armful of books into the classroom.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms armfulsarmsful

Etymology

From arm + -ful (suffix forming nouns indicating as much as can be held by the noun to which it is attached).

Topics

General Vocabulary

External links

# armful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɑɹmˌfəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːmfl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 61618

## Meanings
1. The amount that you can hold in one or both arms.

## Examples
- She carried an armful of books into the classroom.

## Etymology
From arm + -ful (suffix forming nouns indicating as much as can be held by the noun to which it is attached).

## AI Etymology
Armful is from arm plus -ful (suffix forming nouns indicating as much as can be held by the noun to which it is attached). The suffix -ful keeps the base visible and makes an adjective meaning full of, marked by, or rich in the quality named by arm. In use as a noun, armful denotes the amount that you can hold in one or both arms. Typical contexts include “She carried an armful of books into the classroom”. The meaning stays close to the form: it applies the etymological material to the amount that you can hold in one or both arms, keeping the visible parts legible in ordinary use.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

markdown