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lungful
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈlʌŋ.fʊl/ us /ˈlʌŋ.fʊl/
the amount of air you can breathe in and hold inside your lungs:
He took a good lungful of the fresh air.
I opened the window and got a lungful of diesel fumes.
They sucked in deep lungfuls of air, grateful to be able to breathe once again.
If you are an athlete, you are taking large lungfuls of air through your respiratory system.
He lifted his cigarette to his mouth, took a deep lungful, and slowly let it out.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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asphyxia
asphyxiation
aspirate
breathable
breathe (something) in
choke
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expire
hyperventilation
non-breathing
out of breath
pant
puff
puffed
puffed out
puffer
stifle
strangulation
suffocate
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