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Synonyms for bucket

Grammar : Noun
Spell : buhk-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌk ɪt

Définition of bucket

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from Anglo-French buquet "bucket, pail," from Old French buquet "bucket," which is from a Germanic source, or a diminutive of cognate Old English buc "pitcher, bulging vessel," originally "belly" (buckets were formerly of leather as well as wood), both from West Germanic *buh- (cf. Dutch buik, Old High German buh, German Bauch "belly"), from PIE *bhou-, variant of root *bheu- "to grow, swell" (see be).
  • Kick the bucket "to die" (1785) perhaps is from unrelated Old French buquet "balance," a beam from which slaughtered animals were hung; perhaps reinforced by the notion of suicide by hanging after standing on an upturned bucket (but Farmer calls attention to bucket "a Norfolk term for a pulley").
  • noun container, often for liquids, with handle
Example sentences :
  • The bucket is perforated at the bottom, and being elevated, the oil drains off.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • The men were drinking out of a bucket that flashed in the sun.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Then she picked one of the knives from the bucket and handed it to him.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Presently she filled a cup from the bucket beside her and handed it to Donald.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • They still carry the bucket and the pole, hoping yet dreading to meet their parents.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • "My speech is to get back to work, and I'll do the same," said the boy, returning to his bucket.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • The man with the bucket became exhausted, and I relieved him.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • In her turn she seized a bucket, and emptied it over Gervaise.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • It so happened that Gervaise was filling a bucket at the top.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Each of them carried a bucket of cool water, which he had to use very savingly.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

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