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Tubful

As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.

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Tub 92% connected

An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for var…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Anchor noun · 78% connection

Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…

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Bellyful noun · 78% connection

As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.

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Bite verb · 78% connection

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.

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Bookful noun · 78% connection

As much as will fill a book; a book full.

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Capful noun · 78% connection

As much as will fill a cap.

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Charge verb · 78% connection

To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load;…

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Farce verb · 78% connection

To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

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Flood verb · 78% connection

To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to ex…

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy noun · 78% connection

a disorder in which the heart muscle is so strong that it does not relax enough to fill with the heart with blood and so has reduced p…

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Incapable adjective · 78% connection

Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strengt…

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Justification noun · 78% connection

Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the lead…

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Liner noun · 78% connection

A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.

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Navigable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

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Nestful noun · 78% connection

As much or many as will fill a nest.

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Occupy verb · 78% connection

To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.

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Pack noun · 78% connection

To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to st…

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Panful noun · 78% connection

Enough to fill a pan.

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Plateful noun · 78% connection

Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

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