bucketful

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈbʌkɪtˌfʊl/ UK /ˈbʌkɪtˌfʊl/ See IPA manual

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noun
the amount a bucket holds; a large quantity

She drew a bucketful of water from the well each morning.

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1 noun · the amount a bucket holds;... bucketloadload heap mass abundance quantity

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Related forms bucket

Etymology

From bucket (from Anglo-Norman buket, perhaps from Old English būc, 'pitcher, belly') + the suffix -ful, denoting the contents of a bucket.

buket Middle English

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# bucketful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbʌkɪtˌfʊl
**IPA (UK):** ˈbʌkɪtˌfʊl

## Meanings
1. the amount a bucket holds; a large quantity

## Examples
- She drew a bucketful of water from the well each morning.

## Synonyms
- bucketload
- load
- heap
- mass
- abundance
- quantity

## Related Forms
- bucket

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: buket

## Etymology
From bucket (from Anglo-Norman buket, perhaps from Old English būc, 'pitcher, belly') + the suffix -ful, denoting the contents of a bucket.

## AI Etymology
Bucketful is from bucket (from Anglo-Norman buket, perhaps from Old English būc, 'pitcher, belly') + the suffix -ful, denoting the contents of a bucket. Important recorded forms include buket (Old French). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers the amount a bucket holds; a large quantity. The wider family includes related words such as bucket.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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