Meaning of bucket in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈbəkət/

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  1. Verb

    bucket

    Definitions

    1. put into a bucket

    Derived terms

  2. 2. carry in a bucket

    Derived terms

  3. Noun

    bucket

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French buquet‘tub, pail’, perhaps from Old Englishbūc ‘belly, pitcher’

    Definitions

    1. a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
  4. 2. the quantity contained in a bucket

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