Synonyms for buckets

Grammar : Noun

Spell : buhk-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌk ɪt

Définition of buckets

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 :

We could water the horses with buckets, but not the bullocks.
Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell

Such was the penalty for landing two buckets of Liverpool salt at Liverpool!
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Boyce dropped the buckets of water and, drawing his pistol, “Boys!”
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

He knew how to make good barrels, tubs, and buckets, but had no mind of his own.
Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin

They smothered them with clods of earth and buckets of sand.
Extract from : « Cab and Caboose » by Kirk Munroe

By night, with all hands at work, the buckets are washed and distributed.
Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various

After the spouts have been driven in, the buckets must be put in place and fastened there.
Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various

With wet blankets, and buckets of water, they began to fight the flames.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

This was made by means of heavy cables to which the buckets were suspended.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

You carried two buckets of water down to him, and he thanked you when he drank it.
Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren

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