bucket
/ˈbʌkɪt/ noun A1- A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. · I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.
- The amount held in this container. · The horse drank a whole bucket of water.
- A large amount of liquid. · It rained buckets yesterday.· I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.
- A great deal of anything. · My new suit cost me buckets.· We had buckets of fun.
- The part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- Someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
- An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- The basket. · The forward drove to the bucket.
Plural buckets
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Beside it lay some cooking utensils and a bucket half-full of water.
This made Dorothy so very angry that she picked up the bucket of water that stood near and dashed it over the Witch, wetting her from head to foot.
Seeing that she had really melted away to nothing, Dorothy drew another bucket of water and threw it over the mess.
The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free.
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