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WHOLE LOT

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• WHOLE LOT (noun)
The noun WHOLE LOT has 1 sense:

1. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Familiarity information: WHOLE LOT used as a noun is very rare.

• WHOLE LOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

whole slew; mint; muckle; peck; quite a little; slew; spate; tidy sum; whole lot; mickle; lot; good deal; great deal; hatful; batch; wad; stack; raft; plenty; pile; heap; mass; flock; deal; pot; mess; sight

Context examples:

a batch of letters / a deal of trouble / a lot of money / he made a mint on the stock market / it must have cost plenty

Hypernyms ("whole lot" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whole lot"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."
(English proverb)
"A woman that does not want to cook, takes all day to prepare the ingredients."
(Albanian proverb)
"The only trick the incapable has, are his tears."
(Arabic proverb)
"To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early."
(Corsican proverb)

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