What is another word for armful?

Pronunciation: [ˈɑːmfə͡l] (IPA)

There are a number of synonyms that can be used in place of the word "armful", which refers to a quantity of items that can be carried in one's arms. Other phrases that might be used in this context include "handful", "bundle", "load", "bunch" or "heap". Depending on the situation and the objects in question, other words might also be appropriate, such as "stack", "pile" or "batch". In some cases, it may be more accurate to use a specific term to describe the objects being carried, such as "books", "flowers" or "clothing". Overall, there are many different ways to describe the act of carrying objects in one's arms, depending on the context and the writer's goals.

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Usage examples for Armful

Sometimes it is only to carry a jar of beer up to the men in the field, and to mouch a good armful of fresh-cut clover for provender from the swathe.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Again and again he was tempted to speak to her as she came out of this or that shop, or when he saw her carrying an armful of toys into some small back street.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
I should have been coated with ice myself had I stayed but a little longer in my wet clothes in that piercing wind, so I ran below, and bringing an armful of clothes from my cabin to the cook-room, was very soon in dry attire, and making an extraordinary figure, I don't question, in the buttons, lace, and fripperies of the old-fashioned garments.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell

Famous quotes with Armful

  • "Is it life?" he answered, "I would rather be without it," he said, "for there is queer small utility in it. You cannot eat it or drink it or smoke it in your pipe, it does not keep the rain out and it is a poor armful in the dark if you strip it and take it to bed with you after a night of porter when you are shivering with the red passion. It is a great mistake and a thing better done without, like bed-jars and foreign bacon."
    Brian O'Nolan
  • Is it life? I would rather be without it, for there is quare small utility in it. You cannot eat it or drink it or smoke it in your pipe, it does not keep the rain out and it is a poor armful in the dark if you strip it and take it to bed with you after a night's porter when you are shivering with the red passion. It is a great mistake and a thing better done without, like bed jars and foreign bacon. Many a man has spent a hundred years trying to get the dimensions of it and when he understands it at last and entertains the certain pattern of it in his head, be the hokey he takes to his bed and dies. He dies like a poisoned sheepdog. There is nothing so dangerous you can't smoke it, nobody will give you tuppence halfpenny for the half of it, and it kills you in the wind-up. It is a quare contraption, very dangerous, a certain death-trap.
    Brian O'Nolan

Related words: armful in french, armsful, armful of love

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