sinkfuls
Loads of dishes
Sinkfuls is the plural of sinkful, meaning multiple quantities that would fill a sink.
It typically describes dishes, water, or other items measured by how much a sink can hold.
After the dinner party, we faced three sinkfuls of dirty dishes.
The word appears almost exclusively in domestic contexts, usually emphasizing the volume of washing-up someone has to contend with.
Eating vessels and utensils
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- washingCleaning with liquid
- rinsingClearing with water
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
sponge · soap · detergent · suds · cutlery · pots · pans · utensils
Routine household tasks
- tediumWearisome dullness
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
thankless · repetitive · backlog · pileup · neverending · housework · routine · wearisome
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- brimmingFull to the top
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
excess · deluge · inundation · heaping · mounting · accumulating · pileup · backlog
dishes
Eating vessels and utensils
soaking · sponge · soap · detergent · suds · cutlery · pots · pans · utensils · glassware
chores
Routine household tasks
monotony · thankless · repetitive · backlog · pileup · neverending · housework · routine · wearisome · daily
overflowing
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
swamping · excess · deluge · inundation · heaping · mounting · accumulating · pileup · backlog · unmanageable
homemaking
Managing domestic life
routine · nurturing · hearth · coziness · upkeep · maintenance · daily · mealtime · gathering · togetherness
loads
Large quantities
- heapsLarge informal quantities
- pilesMultiple heaped accumulations
- stacksVertical arrangements of items
batches · abundance · volume · accumulation · multitude · masses · plenty · bulk · amounts · collections