[ US /ˈbəkət, ˈbəkɪt/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌkɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
  2. the quantity contained in a bucket
VERB
  1. put into a bucket
  2. carry in a bucket
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How To Use bucket In A Sentence

  • This green bucket lark is a joke, and I am sure that every large family in Bolton will agree when I say that I can fill this in a couple of days, and you think that I can go a fortnight between collections?
  • The old man fell against the bucket.
  • We also went to the DIY store for garden stuff and for a big bucket of white emulsion paint to brighten up the walls in Graham's workshop.
  • Thus, transitive verbs in idiomatic expressions frequently will not passivize (the cowboy kicked the bucket, but not * the bucket was kicked by the cowboy). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4
  • He let down a bucket into the well to draw water.
  • We're goin' to need TP, baby wipes, plastic bags, battery powered lanterns, and buckets of batteries.
  • Even multimillionaires don't like getting blood all over their soft, beige leather bucket seats.
  • Amy went behind the screen at the sink and brought out a bucket and a floorcloth. THE WHITE DOVE
  • We walked along the beach collecting small crabs in a bucket.
  • This may be because when he started mixing up a bucket in the new kitchen, billows of dust began puffing under the doors onto my new upstairs carpets.
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