basketful

[ bas-kit-fool, bah-skit- ]

noun

, plural bas·ket·fuls.

1. a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
2. any considerable quantity:

   a basketful of surprises.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of basketful¹

First recorded in 1565–75; basket + -ful

Example Sentences

I took her a basketful of fresh eggs, and she promised me some waffles and scrambled eggs.

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He's just a basketful of festering, pestilent corruption, provided for the support and entertainment of microbes.

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The two latter had gone down among the trees near the beach to get the last basketful of moss to complete the work of adornment.

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Shame upon our ancestors—we'll gather them ourselves, and frank a whole basketful to Europe.

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You'll take me, daddy, won't yer—'cos I've picked a lot of samphire—all that, and another basketful up there?

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