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capacious
ca·pa·cious [ kə páyshəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
able to hold lot: big enough to contain a large quantity
[Early 17th century. < Latin capac- "able to hold" < capere "take"]

ca·pa·cious·ly adverb
ca·pa·cious·ness noun
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