BUCKETS

Noun

buckets

plural of bucket

Verb

buckets

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket

Anagrams

• bestuck

Source: Wiktionary


BUCKET

Buck"et, n. Etym: [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.]

1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids. The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth.

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

3. (Mach.)

Definition: 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.

4. The valved piston of a lifting pump. Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.

– To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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