noun

bucketful

bucketful

She added a bucketful of water to the mix.

She added a bucketful of water to the mix.

((a bucketful of sth.)) an amount that a bucket can hold He collected a bucketful of shells.

Synonyms: a full bucket

A combination of 'bucket' and the suffix '-ful', which means 'full of' or 'the amount that fills'.

It literally means 'a bucket full of something'. Easy to remember if you know 'bucket'.

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