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# basketful

noun (basketfuls)

«basketful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A basketful is as much as a basket will hold, a basket full of things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basketful/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basketful/#x1)
- The fox asked for a basketful of eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basketful/#x2)
- Bring me a basketful of peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basketful/#x3)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basketful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«basketful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/basketful.html) on Mova free.