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laboratoryful

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Enough to fill a laboratory.

Examples

“Sex, the subject of librariesful of books, galleriesful of art and even, as we have⟳ seen, an occasional laboratoryful of science; the object of inquisitions and persecutions, of worship⟳ and reverence; the star of subliminal advertising, the glory of morning glory and the power of the sunflower, the Shaper of the lotus-yoni and mighty Priapus, the three-letter word that rhymes with hex—sex, created by evolution to speed⟳ up the dance⟳ (so say⟳ the Evolutionists), used by the Horned One to ensnare human souls (so say⟳ the Creationists).”
“If you were to pull⟳ back further to see⟳ all of Europe you might find⟳ at the end⟳ of those roads bold new headquarters of chemical companies which employed deskfuls of economists to monitor⟳ subsidy payments and adjust pricing in accordance with any change⟳ in them, and laboratoryfuls of people working on genetic modifications which would allow⟳ their employers to patent seeds themselves.”
“But all those colorful bottles and boxes on the store shelves may contain⟳ a mad scientist's laboratoryful of other chemicals besides surfactants.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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