bucket
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Example
“I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.”
Other meanings
The amount held in this container.
“The horse drank a whole bucket of water.”
The part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
Related words
- Bambi bucket
- bargain bucket
- bit bucket
- byte bucket
- bit-bucket
- blucket
- bolt bucket
- crab bucket syndrome
- holy bucket
- brain bucket
- brain-bucket
- bucket and spade
Word history
From Old French "buc" (abdomen; object with a cavity).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bucket” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.