tubful

One soaking load

A tubful is the amount that fills a tub—whether a bathtub, washtub, or storage container.

The word emphasizes quantity rather than the container itself: She did three tubfuls of laundry.

Like handful or bucketful, it measures by container capacity.

bath

soak

Saturate with liquid

warmth · bathing · washing · cleansing · rinse · laundry · soaking · steeping · immersion · splashing

capacity

volume

Amount of space filled

amount · quantity · load · bulk · measure · filling · holding · contents · limit · size

abundance

overflowing

Exceeding capacity, spilling out

plenty · excess · lots · masses · overflow · spilling · loaded · packed · stuffed · crammed

Categories
Opposites
quantity/fullness

tubfulempty

Holding nothing inside

emptiness · void · nothing · dry · lacking

container size/scale

tubfuldrop

Fall or release

droplet · dribble · trickle · smidgen · spoonful

Family

tubfuls

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G