The Meaning of bucket

• (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
• (n.) A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Synonyms

pail , bucketful

Rhymes

briquet , dicot , duckett , luckett , mashantucket , nantucket , pawtucket , picot , piquet , pricket , stickit , tricot , tucket