bucket Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
    pail.
  2. noun the quantity contained in a bucket
    bucketful.
  3. verb put into a bucket
  4. verb carry in a bucket

WordNet

Buck"et noun
Etymology
OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.
Definitions
  1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
    The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth.
  2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
  3. (Mach.) 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.
  4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Webster 1913