A bucket is a basic container you can carry by a handle. People use it to carry water, sand, or other things.
She filled the bucket with water.
Please bring a bucket for the sand.
In machines, a bucket is a metal scoop that digs up or moves dirt and other materials. It is used in construction and digging jobs.
The excavator’s bucket moved the soil.
They filled the bucket with sand on site.
In a wind turbine or fan, a bucket is a curved part of the blade. It catches air or wind to help the machine move or produce energy.
The turbines have large buckets to catch the wind.
Air pushes the bucket of the fan to turn.
Sometimes, people call old or old-looking cars 'buckets' informally. It means the car is not very good or is old.
He drives his old bucket to work.
My bucket broke down again today.
Sometimes food, like ice cream, is sold in a big container called a bucket. This bucket keeps the food safe and easy to carry.
We bought a big bucket of ice cream.
The bucket holds many cookies inside.
Figuratively, 'bucket' can mean a group or category of things or people. It shows they belong together as one set.
She belongs to the bucket of top students.
The bucket of data showed good results.
In rare use, ‘to bucket’ means to carry or throw something using a bucket. This verb form is uncommon and mostly used in special contexts.
He bucketed water to the plants.
They bucketed soil into the pit.
'Kick the bucket' is an idiom meaning to die. People use it in a casual or humorous way when talking about death.
He kicked the bucket last year.
Many people fear kicking the bucket.
