houseful

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   as many people or things as fill or can be accommodated in a house

   They entertained a houseful of relatives over the holiday.

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.

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