bucket
noun
a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
buckets
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pluralof bucket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof bucket (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
bucketnouna deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
Example Sentences
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When you get to the end of each year, Chatzky said to look at the performance of each of the buckets and think about what you may need to move as the years go by.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Volunteer firefighters were using "whatever we have. Sometimes we use buckets, and even those aren't enough", said Yonas, adding that the teams were also in need of food and protective gear, including masks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Trust companies, the original “shadow banks,” had loaned buckets of money to risky businesses, real-estate speculators and stock traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Carrying three empty plastic buckets, she walked a few hundred metres to the nearest handpump in her village in Jalaun district, in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of northern India.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
When our hands blistered from the buckets and shovels, we tied scraps of cloth around our palms.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
