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Definition of houseful noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

houseful

noun

/ˈhaʊsfʊl/

/ˈhaʊsfʊl/

[singular]

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a large number of people in a house
- He grew up in a houseful of women.
- They had a houseful so we didn't stay.
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