Meaning

2 senses
  1. The quantity contained in a bucket.

    ведро́vedró

    the quantity contained in a bucket

  2. (broadly)A large quantity.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. My boss drinks coffee by the bucketful.

    deMein Chef trinkt Unmengen Kaffee.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
quantity contained in a bucket:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: bucketfuls / bucketsful
Singularbucketful
Pluralbucketfuls / bucketsful

regular

Synonyms

60 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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