"pailful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pailfuls [plural], pailsful [plural]
Etymology: From pail + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|pail|ful|pos=noun}} pail + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|pailsful}} pailful (plural pailfuls or pailsful)
  1. The amount that fills, or would fill, a pail. Synonyms: paileful, pailfull [obsolete] Translations (amount that would fill a pail): lán tobáin [masculine] (Irish), по́лное ведро́ (pólnoje vedró) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pailful-en-noun-qGxwEYt- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pailful meaning in English (1.5kB)

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