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Etymology

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branch +‎ -ful

Noun

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branchful (plural branchfuls)

  1. As much as a branch can hold.
    • 2009, Lee Ann Roripaugh, On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year, page 23:
      All last week, trees simultaneously released entire branchfuls of leaves with exasperated sighs. They came clattering down like breakfast cereal.