bucket

CEFRA2

/ˈbʌkɪt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A round container with a handle used for carrying liquids or materials.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A large amount of liquid.

Examples

  • Always keep a bucket of water handy, in case of fire.

  • Water had spilled out of the bucket onto the floor.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The amount held in this container.

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

  3. The part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

More examples

In context

  • Fill the bucket with water.

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

  • The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English buket, boket, partly from Old English bucc ("bucket, pitcher"; mod. dialectal buck), equivalent to bouk + -et; and partly from Anglo-Norman buket, buquet (“tub; pail”) (compare Norman boutchet, Norman bouquet), diminutive of Old French buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”), from Vulgar Latin *būcus (compare Occitan and Catalan buc, Italian buco, buca (“hole, gap”)), from Frankish *būk (“belly, stomach”). Both the Old English and Frankish terms derive from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). More at bouk.