mineful
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
Definition of mineful
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An amount sufficient to fill a mine.
“The Americans abandoned what had become a more than useless concession, and to-day a mineful of water, colored with copper sulphates and lapping undetermined streaks of ore, remains the property of the Virgin of Cobre.”
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noun
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An amount sufficient to fill a mine.
“The Americans abandoned what had become a more than useless concession, and to-day a mineful of water, colored with copper sulphates and lapping undetermined streaks of ore, remains the property of the Virgin of Cobre.”
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(figuratively)A large amount, particularly of something obtained through mining.
“Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure, A goblet, that's full to the brim,”
“I had taken all this with a mineful of salt and had not been calling Violet more often.”
“Next came a glittering cloud, all wisps and sparkles, which eventually revealed itself to be Miss Daisy Athensasy in a swansdown-trimmed gown and a mineful of diamonds.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From mine + -ful.
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