sackful

Everyday

1. A sackful is the amount that one sack holds, or a whole sack full of something. tree →
2. (informal, hyperbole) A sackful can mean a large amount of something, like a sackful of letters or presents. tree →

In the lessons

In stories Father Christmas carries a sackful of presents; farmers and millers carry sackfuls of grain, potatoes or flour. In maths a sackful is a unit: «Each sackful weighs 25 kg.» Phrases: a sackful of, sackfuls of.

Examples

• Santa carried a sackful of presents down the chimney. tree →
• The farmer sold ten sackfuls of potatoes. tree →
• The miller ground a sackful of wheat into flour. tree →
• We got a sackful of fan letters after the show. tree →
• Each sackful of sand weighs 20 kilograms. tree →
• The children collected a sackful of conkers. tree →
• Why, I know a whole sackful of tricks!" tree →

Note

Countable: a sackful, plural usually sackfuls. One l at the end: -ful, not -full. Maths: «3 sackfuls of 25 kg» = 3 × 25 = 75 kg.