Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucketful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: buck-et-ful
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quantity contained in a bucket.

noun

A large quantity.

Example Sentences

""I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope.""
"She had the next bail to me, and told me off in between bucketfuls of milk."
"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; […]"
""Confound it all," snorted Mr. Tupworthy indignantly, "you're flooding my flat. The water's coming through my bathroom ceiling in bucketfuls. The plaster'll fall next. Can't you stop it? Has a pipe burst or something?""

Etymology

From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bucket

Inflected Forms

bucketfuls (plural) bucketsful (plural)

Synonyms

pailful abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton

Questions

What does bucketful mean?: The quantity contained in a bucket.
Where does bucketful come from?: From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).

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