Meanings
plural basketfuls · plural basketsful
- The amount that will fit into a basket
Basketsful of mail for Svetlana began to arrive, friendly notes of welcome to America, marriage proposals, invitations to join religious organizations, as well as the occasional variation of "Go back home, Red dog! Our cat is better than you. She takes care of her children."
2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 320
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishbasket ful
- Englishbasketful
From Middle English basket ful, baskett full, equivalent to basket + -ful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кош, ко́шница
- кош (koš)the amount that will fit into a basket
- ко́шница (kóšnica)the amount that will fit into a basket
Catalan cistellada
- cistelladathe amount that will fit into a basket
Finnish korillinen
- korillinenthe amount that will fit into a basket
French hottée
- hottéethe amount that will fit into a basket
Irish lán bascaeid, lán cléibh
- lán bascaeidthe amount that will fit into a basket
- lán cléibhthe amount that will fit into a basket
Italian corbello, paniera
- corbellothe amount that will fit into a basket
- panierathe amount that will fit into a basket
- panieratathe amount that will fit into a basket
- zanatathe amount that will fit into a basket
Latin corbis
- corbisthe amount that will fit into a basket
Cite this entry
basketful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketful
“basketful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basketful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basketful.
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