bucketful
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bucketful
Where it comes from
From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).
noun bucketfuls · bucketsful
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The quantity contained in a bucket.
"I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope."
Similar: pailful
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A large quantity.
But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […]
Similar: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload
Translations
Talk about this word "bucketful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bucketful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bucketful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bucketful "bucketful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bucketful.Cite this
@misc{bucketful_2026,
title = {bucketful},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bucketful},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
