freezerful

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English

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Etymology

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From freezer +‎ -ful.

Noun

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freezerful (plural freezerfuls or freezersful)

  1. As much as a freezer will hold.
    • 1887, Tid-Bits, page 14:
      They made forty-seven frosted cakes, three thousand cookies, ninety-one plain cakes, twelve freezersful of ice cream, [].
    • 1904, Agricultural Advertising, page 22:
      And to crown it all, there was a freezerful of ice-cream, of such dimensions that no one, not even two growing boys from ten to twelve years of age, needed to feel any apprehension of the supply running short.
    • 1913, Martha McCulloch-Williams, Dishes & Beverages of the Old South, page 281:
      Apples, pears and peaches were plenty in good years—the near plantations sent them by wagon loads—as they also sent ice cream by freezerfuls, and boilers to make coffee.