Home › Words › S › submarinefulsubmarinefulsubmarineful means as much as a submarine will hold.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, submarineful ranks #36,606 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom submarine + -ful.nounAs much as a submarine will hold.e.g.“In the mornings we dug indefatigably for gold among the roots of the lime trees. ¶ ‘How much,’ Hamer asked, ‘shall we find?’ ¶ ‘A heap of treasure,’ William told us, ‘about a submarineful.’” — 1966, Priscilla Napier, A Late Beginner, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, →LCCN, page 72:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).