| bucket | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bucket, pail | a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top. |
| ~ cannikin | a wooden bucket. |
| ~ dinner bucket, dinner pail | a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner. |
| ~ dredging bucket | a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed. |
| ~ kibble | an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining. |
| ~ slop jar, slop pail | a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot. |
| ~ vessel | an object used as a container (especially for liquids). |
| ~ water wheel, waterwheel | a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine. |
| ~ wine bucket, wine cooler | a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. bucket, bucketful | the quantity contained in a bucket. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| v. (contact) | 3. bucket | put into a bucket. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| v. (contact) | 4. bucket | carry in a bucket. |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| pail | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. pail, pailful | the quantity contained in a pail. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
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