"bathtubful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bathtubfuls [plural], bathtubsful [plural]
Etymology: From bathtub + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bathtub|ful|pos=noun}} bathtub + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|bathtubsful}} bathtubful (plural bathtubfuls or bathtubsful)
  1. As much as a bathtub will hold. Synonyms: bathful
    Sense id: en-bathtubful-en-noun-VWCbd2Lc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1916, New-Church Messenger, page 275",
          "text": "We did two small baby bathtubfuls of potatoes, and usually carrots or turnips besides.",
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        {
          "ref": "1916 September 23, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “Piccadilly Jim”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 189, number 13, section IV, page 78",
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          "ref": "1957 July 23, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 85ᵗʰ Congress, First Session, page 12476",
          "text": "But he [Dr. Dublin] adds: “To absorb a lethal amount of fluoridated water would require drinking 50 bathtubfuls at a sitting • • • To produce even the mildest symptoms of fluoride poisoning would require that the victim swallow two-and-a-half bathtubfuls • • • during a single day.”",
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