barrelful

One container's worth

A barrelful is the amount a barrel can hold, or loosely, a large quantity of something: a barrelful of laughs, a barrelful of monkeys.

The plural is barrelfuls or barrelsful.

portionwords

cupful

Volume one mug holds

tankful · bottleful · jugful · potful · bowlful · basketful · cartload · truckload · wagonload · armful

volume

gallons

Volume measurement units

cubic · quantity · amount · measure · storage · bulk · load · contents · fill · holding

container

cask

Wooden storage barrel

  • kegSmall beverage barrel
  • drumStruck percussion cylinder
  • hogsheadLarge liquid storage barrel

tun · vat · firkin · puncheon · butt · staves · cooper · bung · spigot · tap

abundance

plentiful

Existing in abundance

profusion · plenty · loads · heaps · tons · masses · gobs · oodles · scads · slew

overflow

brimming

Full to the top

overflowing · overspill · spillage · brim · slosh · cascade · deluge · flood · torrent · surge

Categories
Opposites
quantity/volume

barrelfuldrop

Fall or release

droplet · trickle · smidgen · dribble · trace

measurement precision

barrelfulliter

Volume measurement unit

gallon · milliliter · cubic meter · fluid ounce · pint

Family

barrelfuls

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G