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bathtubful

bathtubful noun: as much as a bathtub will hold.

Noun

bathtubful (plural bathtubfuls or bathtubsful)

  1. As much as a bathtub will hold.
    • We did two small baby bathtubfuls of potatoes, and usually carrots or turnips besides.1916, New-Church Messenger, page 275
    • “You may bring me a brandy-and-soda. Not a large one. A couple of bathtubsful will be enough.”1916 September 23, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “Piccadilly Jim”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 189, number 13, section IV, page 78
    Synonyms:
    bathful

Synonyms of bathtubful

Forms of bathtubful

pluralbathtubfuls
pluralbathtubsful

Origin of bathtubful

From bathtub + -ful.

Questions about bathtubful

What does bathtubful mean?
Bathtubful means as much as a bathtub will hold.
What part of speech is bathtubful?
Bathtubful is a noun.
What is the plural of bathtubful?
The plural of bathtubful is bathtubfuls.

Words near bathtubful in the dictionary

  1. bathtub racing
  2. bathtub ring
  3. bathtub rings
  4. bathtub theorem
  5. bathtubby
  6. bathtubful
  7. bathtubfuls
  8. bathtubs
  9. bathtubsful
  10. bathukolpian
  11. bathukolpic

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