bagful

What sacks hold

A bagful is the amount a bag can hold: a bagful of groceries, a bagful of candy.

The word often suggests abundance or a large quantity: She returned from the flea market with a bagful of treasures.

Plural: bagfuls or bagsful.

quantity

handful

Amount a palm holds

basketful · bucketful · boxful · carload · truckload · roomful · spoonful · cupful · plateful · shovelful

carrying

haul

Pull or carry laboriously

heft · carry · lift · drag · transport · schlep · portage · load · burden · grip

contents

assortment

Mixed collection of things

mix · accumulation · haul · stash · loot · goods · items · stuff · things · groceries

fullness

stuffed

Filled beyond capacity

overflowing · laden · heaped · jam-packed · chock-full · bursting · packed · tight · heavy · weighed down

container

sack

Rough fabric bag

knapsack · duffel · carrier · burlap sack · holdall · satchel · gunny sack · bindle · rucksack

Categories
Opposites
quantity/amount

bagfulnothing

Not any thing

none · scrap · morsel · pittance · smidgen

precision of measurement

bagfulexact amount

gram · liter · kilogram · ounce · pound

Family

bagfuls

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G