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Definition of capacious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

capacious

adjective
 
/kəˈpeɪʃəs/
 
/kəˈpeɪʃəs/
(formal)
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  1. having a lot of space to put things in synonym roomy
    • capacious pockets
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCapacious is used with these nouns:
    • handbag
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin capax, capac- ‘capable’ + -ious.
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