basketful
noun (basketfuls)
Everyday
A basketful is as much as a basket will hold, a basket full of things. tree →
In the lessons
in the lessons, it is an amount you must count in, not a fixed number, as in "a basketful of strawberries".
Examples
- She picked a basketful of apples. tree →
- The fox asked for a basketful of eggs. tree →
- Bring me a basketful of peas. tree →
Note
a basketful is not a set number; to count it, find how many things are in the basket first.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «basketful» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «basketful» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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