basketful

«basketful» in Mova's school dictionary: as much as a basket will hold, a basket full of things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (basketfuls)

meaning for a pupil

A basketful is as much as a basket will hold, a basket full of things. tree →

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «basketful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.