bucketful

Examples

• All

• After a long day at the farm, we filled the truck with a bucketful of fresh apples.

• I'll bring a whole bucketful tomorrow.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I have a whole bucketful.

  Fiction book (1991)

• He ran for the brink and hefted up a bucketful.

  Fiction book (2001)

• If possible, add to your pond about a bucketful (see p. for proper amount for aquarium) of rotting vegetation from an established pond a couple of weeks before adding plankton (see Animals section) to allow bacteria.

  Academic text (1993)

• He was so excited when he caught a bucketful of fish during his fishing trip.

• The gardener added a bucketful of soil to the pot to help the plants grow.

Synonyms

B

bucket

vsbucketful

55 1.0

The amount that a round open container with a handle can hold

is the amount defined by that vessel type rather than another vessel

P

pail

vsbucketful

5 1.0

The amount of liquid or material that fits in a bucket

expresses the same measure but linked to a different vessel

P

pailful

vsbucketful

1 4.4

An amount that fills a pail

is the same idea but tied to a different vessel type

T

tubful

vsbucketful

3.7

An amount that fills a large open container like a bucket

is the same measure but refers to a different vessel size

C

containerful

vsbucketful

3.7

The amount that fills a container

is specific to one vessel type rather than any receptacle

How Much

barrelful

1 2.8

bucketful

4 1.8

bowlful

1 2.2

cupful

2 1.7

spoonful

26 1.0

drop

349 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology