bucketful
noun
buck·et·ful ˈbə-kət-ˌfu̇l 
plural bucketfuls ˈbə-kət-ˌfu̇lz or bucketsful ˈbə-kəts-ˌfu̇l
or bucketsful ˈbə-kəts-ˌfu̇l
: as much as a bucket will hold
broadly : a large quantity
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Now, the House has to deal with a bucketful of bills, and only 17 days left of session in the year, per the current schedule. —
Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025 There were more footsteps, and a young woman appeared, holding a mop and a bucketful of water. —Paul Yoon, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025 Creamy aromas of a bucketful of honey as well as smoke, caramel and buttered toast. —Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 Even when Paradise pulls a classic Fogel-move, like circling back to a minor character to reveal a bucketful of backstory that connects to the main plot in surprising! —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025 There’s been a bucketful of Emilia news over the past seven days, including more noms at the French Lumière Awards, and a spat between Selena Gomez and Eugenio Derbez, whose unpleasant comments about Gomez’s performance caught heat. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024 A couple of years ago, advocates were salivating over the prospect of bucketfuls of cash from Build Back Better, the eventual Inflation Reduction Act, which was supposed to restore the Federal government’s commitment to public housing. —Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024 Go on worm hunts, make a birdfeeder, plant a salad, grow a bucketful of potatoes, open up fruits and vegetables to examine their seeds. —Nina McLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023 There is a bucketful of nuanced terms to deeply analyze ratings — stats like reach, share, average minute rating and people using television. —Kevin Draper, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025 There were more footsteps, and a young woman appeared, holding a mop and a bucketful of water. —Paul Yoon, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025 Creamy aromas of a bucketful of honey as well as smoke, caramel and buttered toast. —Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 Even when Paradise pulls a classic Fogel-move, like circling back to a minor character to reveal a bucketful of backstory that connects to the main plot in surprising! —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025 There’s been a bucketful of Emilia news over the past seven days, including more noms at the French Lumière Awards, and a spat between Selena Gomez and Eugenio Derbez, whose unpleasant comments about Gomez’s performance caught heat. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024 A couple of years ago, advocates were salivating over the prospect of bucketfuls of cash from Build Back Better, the eventual Inflation Reduction Act, which was supposed to restore the Federal government’s commitment to public housing. —Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024 Go on worm hunts, make a birdfeeder, plant a salad, grow a bucketful of potatoes, open up fruits and vegetables to examine their seeds. —Nina McLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023 There is a bucketful of nuanced terms to deeply analyze ratings — stats like reach, share, average minute rating and people using television. —Kevin Draper, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
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bucketful
noun
buck·et·ful ˈbək-ət-ˌfu̇l
plural bucketfuls
-ət-ˌfu̇lz
or bucketsful -əts-ˌfu̇l
: the amount a bucket holds
also : a large quantity
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