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# carful

noun (a carful, carfuls)

«carful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

As many people or things as a car can hold, as in «a carful of children». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is used for trips and shopping: «a carful of kids», «a carful of shopping». In maths word problems it can be a unit: if one carful is 5 children, how many cars for 23 children? It is not very common and some say «a carload».

### Examples

- A carful of cousins arrived for Sunday lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#x1)
- We took a carful of old toys to the charity shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#x2)
- Each carful can hold five people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#x3)
- Two carfuls of football fans drove to the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#x4)
- Mum came back with a carful of shopping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#x5)
- The team needed four carfuls to get to the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a carful, carfuls. Like spoonful, cupful, handful: -ful with one l. Trap: do not confuse with «careful» (taking care). Maths: if a carful is 5 people, 23 people need 5 cars (round up, because 4 cars hold only 20).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carful.html) on Mova free.