Tubful (Noun)
Meaning
The amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- She was tasked with carrying a tubful of water from the well for the evening's washing.
- The farmer was expecting a good harvest after hauling a tubful of fertilizer out to the fields that morning.
- It took a tubful of hot water to get all the soap out of the slippery baby's hair.
- After a long week, she filled the bathroom with the warm scent of lavender, running a tubful of fragrant bubbles in which to soak.
- The volunteers were exhausted after hauling a tubful of fish from the tank, sorting and weighing them for the competition.