basketfuls

noun

variants also basketsful
Definition of basketfulsnext
plural of basketful
as in loads
a considerable amount the movie showed off a basketful of eye-popping special effects

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  1. quantities
  2. piles
  3. dozen
  4. dozens
Noun
  • With catering, families can avoid the expense of purchasing and preparing large quantities of food, which can often go to waste.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the mountains can’t make snow if temperatures aren’t cold enough, and natural snow has only been falling in large quantities later in the season in recent years at many resorts, according Andria Huskinson, communication and public relations manager at Solitude.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Noun
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Who won and lost Wisconsin politics in 2024? After a whirlwind year for national and state politics, Dan Bice takes stock of the winners and losers, with input from a dozen Democratic and Republican politicos.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Riot doubled the size of the group tasked with connecting its games to the entertainment industry to more than two dozen people.
    Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • His work has appeared in more than four dozen magazines, newspapers and websites.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Workers at more than a dozen Chicago area Starbucks were on strike Christmas Eve, union organizers said, as baristas escalated a national walkout that began in three cities, including Chicago, on Friday.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of dozens
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