Bucket

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: buck=et

CIDE DICTIONARY

Bucket, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.].

•  A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.  [1913 Webster]

  "The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
  The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well."  [1913 Webster]
•  A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The valved piston of a lifting pump.  [1913 Webster]
•  one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.  [PJC]
•  a bucketfull.  [PJC]

Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. -- To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]

Bucket, v. t. 

•  To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To pour over from a bucket; to drench.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bucket, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a roughly cylindrical open container, esp. of metal, with a handle, used for carrying, drawing, or holding water etc. b the amount contained in this (need three buckets to fill the bath).
2 (in pl.) large quantities of liquid, esp. rain or tears (wept buckets).
3 a compartment on the outer edge of a water wheel.
4 the scoop of a dredger or a grain-elevator.
--v. (bucketed, bucketing)
1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by along) Brit. move or drive jerkily or bumpily.
2 intr. (often foll. by down) (of liquid, esp. rain) pour heavily.

Idiom

bucket seat a seat with a rounded back to fit one person, esp. in a car. bucket-shop
1 an office for gambling in stocks, speculating on markets, etc.
2 colloq. a travel agency specializing in cheap air tickets.

Derivative

bucketful n. (pl. -fuls).

Etymology

ME & AF buket, buquet, perh. f. OE buc pitcher

THESAURUS

Bucket

argosy, bail, bark, barrel, be caught short, be short, belong, boat, bottom, bucketshop, calaboose, can, clink, cooler, craft, cup, decant, deposit margin, dip, dish, dish out, dish up, fly, fork, go long, hasten, highball, hold on, hooker, hoosegow, hulk, hull, hustle, jug, keel, ladle, leviathan, lockup, make a killing, make a scoop, margin up, miss the market, operate, overstay the market, packet, pail, play the market, plunge, pokey, pour, prison, pyramid, run, rush, scalp, scoop, scoop the market, scuttle, ship, shovel, spade, speculate, speed, spoon, stag, stag the market, take a flier, trade on margin, tub, venture, vessel, watercraft, whiz

ROGET THESAURUS

Bucket

Receptacle

N receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary, trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise, grip, grip sack, skippet, vasculum, boot, imperial, vache, cage, manger, rack, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.

Insulation

N insulation, fire extinction, insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material, fire retardant, flame retardant, fire wall, fire door, incombustibility, incombustibleness, extincteur, fire annihilator, amianth, amianthus, earth-flax, mountain-flax, asbestos, fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company, pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket, fire hose, fire hydrant, backfire, firebreak, trench, aerial water bombardment, wet blanket, fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam, sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system, fire bucket, sand bucket, fire alarm, evacuation alarm, fire code, fire regulations, fire, fire inspector, code violation, citation, incombustible, nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable, fireproof, fight fire with fire.