"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, {{m|ang|būcfull|t=bucketful}} būcfull (“bucketful”) 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'quantity contained in a bucket': 78 22
  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

Download JSON data for bucketful meaning in English (2.4kB)

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