bucket Synonyms

bucket Meaning

Wordnet

bucket (n)

a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

the quantity contained in a bucket

Wordnet

bucket (v)

put into a bucket

carry in a bucket

Webster

bucket (n.)

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

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

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.

The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Webster

bucket (v. t.)

To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.

To pour over from a bucket; to drench.

To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

bucket Sentence Examples

  1. She carried a bucket filled to the brim with water from the well.
  2. The farmer used a bucket to feed the chickens, tossing grains to the eager birds.
  3. It started to rain heavily, and within minutes, the streets were filled with buckets of water.
  4. The child happily played in the sand, using a bucket to build towering sandcastles.
  5. With a bucket and mop in hand, she set out to clean the kitchen floor.
  6. He dumped a bucket of ice water over his head as part of the charity challenge.
  7. The mechanic retrieved his tools from the rusty bucket in the corner of the garage.
  8. We gathered around the campfire, passing a bucket of popcorn as we shared stories.
  9. The sailor bailed water out of the boat using a bucket to prevent it from sinking.
  10. She filled a bucket with soapy water to wash the car parked in the driveway.

FAQs About the word bucket

a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top, the quantity contained in a bucket, put into a bucket, carry in a bucketA vessel for drawing up water from

dozen, bunch, bundle, raft, deal, wealth, lot, plenty, ton,loads

whit, lick, dot, atom, granule, glimmer, ray, mouthful, mouthful, suspicion

She carried a bucket filled to the brim with water from the well.

The farmer used a bucket to feed the chickens, tossing grains to the eager birds.

It started to rain heavily, and within minutes, the streets were filled with buckets of water.

The child happily played in the sand, using a bucket to build towering sandcastles.