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Buckets

A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

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noun
  1. 1

    A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

    "I need a bucket to carry the water from the well."

  2. 2

    The amount held in this container.

    "The horse drank a whole bucket of water."

  3. 3

    A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

  4. 4

    Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

verb
  1. 1

    To place inside a bucket.

  2. 2

    To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

    "to bucket water"

  3. 3

    To rain heavily.

    "It’s really bucketing down out there."

  4. 4

    To travel very quickly.

    "The boat is bucketing along."

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pailnounA vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
bucketfulnounThe quantity contained in a bucket.
bacsnounAcronym of Bankers' Automated Clearing Services.
barrelsnounthe amount that many barrels might hold
basinsnounA depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
binsnoun(slang) Eyeglasses or spectacles.
blocknounA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
blocksnounA substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
blocsnounA group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.
boilersnounAn apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
bossesnounA person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
bpdnoun(abbreviation) Initialism of barrels per day.
bundlesnoun(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
cachesnoun(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
cellsa monthly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal that covers all aspects of cell and molecular biology, and biophysics.
chunksnounA large or substantial portion of something.
clamshellnounThe shell of a clam.
complexesnounA network of interconnected systems.
containersnounAn item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
cubesnoun(euphemistic) Testicles.

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