bucketful

American  

[buhk-it-fool] / ˈbʌk ɪtˌfʊl /

noun

plural

bucketfuls

1. the amount that a bucket can hold.

   a bucketful of water.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of bucketful

First recorded in 1555–65; bucket + -ful

Example Sentences

I turned to see who’d thrown the water just in time to catch the second bucketful right in the face.

From Literature

I have friends who choke down Greek yogurt by the bucketful, who eat handfuls of grilled chicken at a time, who dead lift their own body weight.

From The Wall Street Journal

She remembered trailing behind her grandmother cutting roses in her garden, lugging bucketfuls of flowers and inhaling the sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times

She added her clams to a bucketful in the canoe, secured the empty pouch back at her waist, held her nostrils closed with one hand, and dived back in.

From Literature

And with each theme comes a bucketful of research on related topics.

From New York Times