Definition of bellyfulnext

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Recent Examples of bellyful At dawn, the farmers loaded the trucks with the land’s bellyful of flowers and headed out to sell to the neighboring towns. Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Go instead for the exquisite acting, the splendiferous set — and a bellyful of laughs. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019 The ecologist gets his data and the caiman is none the worse for wear, save for losing a bellyful of rotting flesh. Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 Oct. 2017 On its way to skim the lake and grab a bellyful of water to drop on a nearby forest fire, a CL-215—also known as Scooper—gave him a nice little haircut. Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellyful
Noun
  • Learn how to measure flour the Test Kitchen way, and remember that dipping the measuring cup in the flour and scooping it out generally results in a 25-gram surplus of flour.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Carnegie urged the rich to live modestly and to direct the surplus toward universities, libraries, medical institutions and public parks.
    Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The spectacle, scale and wonderfully unapologetic excess are precisely why millions keep returning.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Is there still unfinished business in rationalizing the excesses of the semiconductor surge, which formed the core of the momentum-stock frenzy?
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Bellyful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellyful. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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