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basinful

basinful

6.1
An amount of water that fills a basin
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪsɪnˌfʊl/
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  • After washing dishes, she poured a basinful of used water down the drain.

Examples

  • He brought a basinful of sand to the beach for building a castle.

  • I've had a basinful of it.

    Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)

  • The gardener filled the basinful of water to hydrate the plants.

How Much

tubful
3.7
bucketful
4 1.8
basinful
6.1
cupful
2 1.7
spoonful
26 1.0
drop
349 1.0

Surface Forms

basinful singular
basinfuls plural

Morphology

basinful = basin (transparent) = basin + ful

Formed from 'basin' + the measure/quantity suffix '-ful', meaning an amount that fills a basin; this is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Basinful starts with basin, meaning a large bowl used for washing, and ends with -ful, which means 'full of' or an 'amount that fills'. So, a basinful is the amount that fills a basin.