Also spelled house-full
noun
Freq #54651
Meanings
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noun
as many people or things as fill or can be accommodated in a house
They entertained a houseful of relatives over the holiday.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From Middle English housful, a compound of house + -ful. The measure noun follows the same pattern as roomful and handful, denoting the quantity that a house contains or can accommodate.