a large open container, usu round, with tapering sides, a flat bottom, and a semicircular handle on top, used esp for holding or carrying liquids
the amount contained in a bucket; a bucketful
the scoop of an excavating machine
any of the scooped-out blades on the rim of a waterwheel
any of the vanes of a turbine rotor
informal (in pl) large quantities
bucketful (pl bucketfuls) noun
[Middle English via Anglo-French buket from Old English būc pitcher, belly]