HEADFUL

headful

(noun) a covering over the surface of your head; “a headful of tight curls”; “a headful of lice”

headful

(noun) the quantity of information that a head will hold; “he has a headful of baseball statistics”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

headful (plural headfuls or headsful)

An amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.

Etymology 2

Adjective

headful (not comparable)

(genetics) That fills the head of a phage

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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