"bucketful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bucketfuls [plural], bucketsful [plural]
Etymology: From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|bucket|ful|pos=noun}} bucket + -ful, {{cog|ang|būcful}} Old English būcful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|bucketsful}} bucketful (plural bucketfuls or bucketsful)
  1. The quantity contained in a bucket. Synonyms: pailful Translations (quantity contained in a bucket): sangollinen (Finnish), siteledo (Ido), lán buicéid [masculine] (Irish), baldada [feminine] (Portuguese), ведро́ (vedró) [neuter] (Russian), bwcedaid [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bucketful-en-noun-EPo~ceXp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'quantity contained in a bucket': 77 23
  2. (by extension) A large quantity. Tags: broadly Synonyms: lot Translations (large quantity): saavillinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bucketful-en-noun-0W~fii0P Disambiguation of 'large quantity': 26 74

Inflected forms

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