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sackful

sackful

1 3.2
An amount that fills a sack, like a large bag of apples
  • noun
  • /ˈsækfəl/
translation icon : saco lleno
  • She brought a sackful of flour to bake cookies for the school fundraiser.
  • a sackful of stones
  • carrying a sackful

Examples

  • The squash were too big, but Libby bought a large sackful anyway, and some knotty, dirty cucumbers with big yellow bellies.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • By this time, I had a wife and a child, a job, and a sackful of responsibilities.

    Blog text (9)

  • He'd been carrying a sackful of small consumer goods for family and friends.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Luis cleaned up a sackful from the crates.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She hauled in dirt from the mountains by the sackful, slung over her shoulder, and fertilized, watered, and manicured each bush with exceeding care.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • After the harvest, the farmers filled a sackful of apples to sell at the market.

  • He found a sackful of old toys in the attic that he planned to donate.

Synonyms

bag
vssackful
870 1.0

The amount of something in one package used for selling or carrying it

focuses on a larger filled quantity rather than just one container's contents
sack
vssackful
117 1.0

A large bag made of paper, plastic or cloth for carrying things

is identical but focuses on the filled quantity rather than the bag
bagful
vssackful
4 1.1

An amount that fills a bag, like apples or candies

refers to the same idea but for a larger, more specific kind of bag
containerful
vssackful
3.7

The amount that fills a container

refers instead to that amount for a large specific bag type

How Much

truckload
  • US
45 2.9
cartload
  • Informal
2 3.5
barrelful
1 2.8
sackful
1 3.2
bagful
4 1.1
handful
81 1.0

Surface Forms

sackful singular
sackfuls plural

Morphology

sackful = sack (transparent) = sack + ful

The word 'sackful' is transparently derived from 'sack' with the suffix '-ful' indicating a quantity that fills a sack.

Etymology

Sackful comes from sack ('bag') plus -ful ('full of'), like in handful or cupful. So a sackful is the amount that fills a sack, and that's why we use it for a large quantity of something.