bucket (Meaning)
bucket (n)
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
the quantity contained in a bucket
bucket (v)
put into a bucket
carry in a bucket
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.
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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of bucket
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- sprinkling
- spot
- scrap
- trace
- ray
- scruple
- dab
- grain
- strain
- particle
- hint
- handful
- nip
- suspicion
- molecule
- suspicion
- mite
- lick
- shred
- granule
- shadow
- molecule
- ace
- whit
- nip
- taste
- handful
- pinch
- shade
- mite
- dot
- atom
- mote
- tad
- dram
- drop
- crumb
- streak
- peanuts
- pittance
- grain
- taste
- bit
- pinch
- shade
- scrap
- ounce
- granule
- ounce
- mouthful
- sprinkle
- peanuts
- whit
- lick
- hint
- streak
- sprinkling
- bit
- modicum
- fragment
- sprinkle
- drop
- pittance
- shred
- fragment
- ray
- speck
- touch
- particle
- touch
- dab
- spot
- dot
- speck
- glimmer
- trace
- dram
- crumb
- scruple
- tad
- glimmer
- mote
- strain
- atom
- mouthful
- modicum
- ace
- shadow
Synonyms:
- mass
- quite a bit
- reams
- abundance
- potful
- sheaf
- heap
- peck
- multiplicity
- shipload
- spate
- passel
- plateful
- pot
- basketful
- plenitude
- mess
- flood
- myriad
- bushel
- yard
- hundred
- pack
- sight
- fistful
- truckload
- barrel
- mountain
- gobs
- lashings
- boatload
- carload
- wad
- much
- good deal
- volume
- profusion
- all kinds (of)
- store
Antonyms:
- section
- lack
- morsel
- shortage
- shot
- section
- scintilla
- dash
- shot
- smidgen
- absence
- tittle
- smidgin
- iota
- flyspeck
- smidge
- jot
- driblet
- smidgeon
- smattering
- smidgen
- smidgin
- piece
- nubbin
- morsel
- poverty
- fleck
- tittle
- little
- lack
- shortage
- driblet
- portion
- nubbin
- dash
- little
- iota
- flyspeck
- smidge
- jot
- piece
- poverty
- absence
- fleck
- portion
- smattering
- smidgeon
- scintilla
Synonyms:
- redundancy
- press
- overabundance
- cram
- score
- mob
- embarrassment
- throng
- crowd
- flock
- bonanza
- thousands
- superfluity
- herd
- plentitude
- oodles
- rash
- bevy
- surfeit
- epidemic
- oversupply
- overage
- swarm
- multitude
- drove
- horde
- plague
- legion
- host
- surplus
- excess
- overflow
- crush
- superabundance
- army
- sea
- lashins
- scads
- million
- plethora
- overkill
- deluge
Antonyms:
bucket Sentence Examples
- 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.
- With a bucket and mop in hand, she set out to clean the kitchen floor.
- He dumped a bucket of ice water over his head as part of the charity challenge.
- The mechanic retrieved his tools from the rusty bucket in the corner of the garage.
- We gathered around the campfire, passing a bucket of popcorn as we shared stories.
- The sailor bailed water out of the boat using a bucket to prevent it from sinking.
- 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
plenty, quantity, stack, ton, dozen, lot, bunch, deal,loads, raft
sprinkling, spot, scrap, trace, ray, scruple, dab, grain, strain, particle
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.
