noun
Meaning 1
The quantity contained in a bucket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pailful
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bucketful
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noun
Meaning 2
A large quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload, butt-ton, bumload, buttload, cartload, crapflood, crapload, deal, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, gob, great deal, hantle, heap, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, load, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, pile, ream, shedload, shitflood, shitful, shitload, shitton, sight, slew, spadeloads, sum, superflux, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quantity contained in a bucket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bucket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: containerful
History
Etymology
From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sangollinen — quantity contained in a bucket
- Ido: siteledo — quantity contained in a bucket
- Irish: lán buicéid — quantity contained in a bucket
- Portuguese: baldada — quantity contained in a bucket
- Russian: ведро́ (vedró) — quantity contained in a bucket
- Welsh: bwcedaid — quantity contained in a bucket
- Finnish: saavillinen — large quantity