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bucketful

[ buhk-it-fool ]

noun

, plural buck·et·fuls.
  1. the amount that a bucket can hold:

    a bucketful of water.



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Spelling Note

See -ful.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bucketful1

First recorded in 1555–65; bucket + -ful

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Example Sentences

She ran to the well and drew a bucketful of clear cold water, which she carried to the cabin.

Richard examined every bucketful of earth as he pulled it np.

If they should happen to want another bucketful of water we're lost men.

As he hurried away to the public-house, white with ire, he met his gamekeeper coming in with a bucketful of fish fresh caught.

We did gather a great many, about a bucketful, and threw them into the rain-pool, where some of them now are.

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