sackful

What bags hold

A sackful is the amount that fills a sack, or roughly that quantity of something.

Like other container-based measurements (handful, bucketful), it suggests an approximate rather than precise amount.

We harvested three sackfuls of potatoes from the garden.

The word can also be used figuratively to suggest abundance: He arrived with a sackful of excuses.

quantity

bagful

Quantity a sack holds

basketfulContainer's full contents
pocketfulQuantity a pouch holds
handfulAmount a palm holds

armful · bucketful · barrelful · cartload · crateful · bundle · heap · load · haul · batch

harvest

potatoes

Edible underground tubers

grainCereal plant's harvest unit
applesRound tree fruit
produceMake or manufacture

crop · yield · picking · glean · reap · orchard · farm · gathered · seasonal · root vegetables

abundance

overflowing

Exceeding capacity, spilling out

bountifulPlentiful and generous
plentifulExisting in abundance
copiousExisting in abundance

ample · teeming · heaping · stuffed · bulging · bursting · loaded · generous · profuse · replete

Categories

Informal Amountssmidgen, bunch, ton, heap, loads
loadsload, armload, boatload, busload, carload

Opposites

quantity/amount

sackfulhandful

Amount a palm holds

pinch · smidgen · trace · bit · speck

Family

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