bucket

[BuckĀ·et]

An open, round container with a handle is a bucket. You might take a bucket and shovel to the beach for making sand castles.

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A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

Noun
a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top

Noun
the quantity contained in a bucket

Verb
carry in a bucket

Verb
put into a bucket


n.
A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

n.
A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.

n.
One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.

n.
The valved piston of a lifting pump.


Bucket

Buck"et , n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc. 3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel. 4. The valved piston of a lifting pump. Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. -- To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]

A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

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Usage Examples

Choose your companions from the best Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.

I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.

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Other Usage Examples

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.

Something I didn't even know was on my bucket list has been achieved. I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner with Martha Stewart. I vow to follow the gospel of her teachings and do my very best in the remarkably less glamorous kitchen of my own home... without the luxury of magically appearing prep bowls filled by a staff of sous chefs.

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