clumpful

clumpful

English

Etymology

clump +‎ -ful

Noun

clumpful (plural clumpfuls)

1. A quantity that makes up a clump.
   • 1968, Les Whitten, Pinion, the golden eagle, page 102:

     When Pinion or Linnora found a clumpful of suitable spruce twigs, they journeyed back and forth at two- or three-minute intervals.

   • 1978, Melanie V. Talag, The Sanchezes of Old Manila: A Historical Novel Set in the 1890's:

     Whinnying it went to a stand of sweet grass ang began pulling them out by the clumpful.

   • 1983, Mary Pope Osborne, Run, Run, As Fast As You Can, page 56:

     I ducked and slipped, but grabbed a clumpful of grass to stop myself.

   • 2011, Josie Dew, Slow Coast Home: 5,000 miles around the shores of England and Wales:

     She ground up against the bank on one side before mounting it on the other, removing whole clumpfuls of delicate wild flowers in the process.