noun / verb
bucket
BUK-it/ˈbʌkɪt/
An open container for collecting or carrying things.
An open metal bucket holds water beneath its raised handle.
Etymology
Anglo-French buquet already meant a pail. One possible earlier connection is with an Old English word for a bulging vessel, originally meaning “belly,” which would link the container to its rounded shape.
In context
put the crushed charcoal into a 5G bucket and pour in non-chlorinated water
More examples
- We bucketed the survey answers into three categories.
- The excavator's bucket scooped soil from the trench.
- Her final bucket put the basketball team ahead.
Forms
bucket · buckets · bucketed · bucketing
Similar words
- pail
- A close synonym for the handled container, without most technical extensions.