fuller
pronunciation
How to pronounce fuller in British English:
UK [fʊlə]
How to pronounce fuller in American English:
US [fʊlə]
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- Noun:
- a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
Word Origin
- fuller
- fuller: see foil
- fuller (n.)
- "one who fulls cloth," Old English fullere "fuller" (Mark ix:3), from Latin fullo "fuller" (see foil (v.)). The native word is walker. Fuller's earth (silicate of alumina) is recorded by 1520s; so called because it was used in cleansing cloth.
Example
- 1. Let 's do the fuller measures .
- 2. A fuller picture would consider shifts in relative prices as well as in relative incomes .
- 3. Mr fuller and mrs beckham took the brand in hand .
- 4. Fuller said the levels on thursday were the highest since the new regime was introduced .
- 5. Fuller 's followers were quick to take his claims for the dome at full value .