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Meanings of basketful in English

Portuguese
cesto

The quantity contained in a basket.

cesto
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Examples for "basket"
Examples for "basket"
1
Horne's basket 46 seconds later gave Virginia Tech the lead for good.
Reuters
2
The Dish was on the dresser and the Spoon in the basket.
More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme
3
Turn back the clock 10 years and Sainsbury's was a basket case.
The Guardian
4
We forgot all about the basket in our interest in the ship.
With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War
5
I wonder whether privatisation is the only cure for such basket cases.
The Guardian
Usage of basketful in English
1
A simple basketful is wanting to complete it, and the work stops.
Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
2
Mrs. Evans bought a basketful and let them eat all they wanted.
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers
3
There is a whole basketful there now, waiting for you to iron.
Miss Dexie / A Romance of the Provinces
4
Just see the basketful of anemones we got down in the glen!
Classic Myths
5
Here it is, a whole basketful of the grace of God, sir!
The Eternal City
6
When the hawthorn is in full bloom, pick a basketful of the blooms.
The Belgian Cookbook
7
But the fish rotted away, as did also another basketful in another place.
Secrets of the Woods
8
Only Genesis will be gathering the basketful of samples for study back home.
Wired
9
The Englishman has a basketful of excellent periodicals to every one of ours.
Walking-Stick Papers
10
Suppose again just one basketful is left, when the work has so progressed.
Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
11
I placed some under my door and brought a basketful to Vizier Ay.
Nefertiti
12
You shall have every basketful of them for your own fire.
The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
13
She was then returning from Bougival with a basketful of purchases.
The Lerouge Case
14
One peppercorn to-day is better than a basketful of pumpkins to-morrow.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
15
Robert Neville was in his hothouse collecting a basketful of garlic.
I Am Legend
16
Just fried them where they stood, like a basketful of eels.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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Translations for basketful
Portuguese
cesto
Basketful through the time
Basketful across language varieties
United Kingdom
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