bucket

The definition of a bucket is a round and deep container used for carrying things.

(noun)

An example of a bucket is what you'd use to carry water from a faucet to a kiddie pool.

See bucket in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a deep, round container with a flat bottom and a curved handle, used to hold or carry water, coal, etc.; pail
the amount held by a bucket
also bucketful
a thing like a bucket, as a scoop on a steam shovel, any of the cups on a water wheel, or any of the curved vanes in the rotor of a turbine
Slang the rump; buttocks

Origin: ME boket < Anglo-Fr buket, dim. of OE buc, pitcher, bulging vessel, orig., belly < IE *bhou-, var. of base *bheu-: see big

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to carry, draw, or lift (water, etc.) in a bucket or buckets
to speculate (with) dishonestly as in a bucket shop
Brit.
1. to ride (a horse) at a fast pace
2. to move or drive rapidly or recklessly

See bucket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.
b. The amount that a bucket can hold: One bucket of paint will be enough for the ceiling.
A unit of dry measure in the U.S. Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters). See Table at measurement.
A receptacle on various machines, such as the scoop of a power shovel or the compartments on a water wheel, used to gather and convey material.
Basketball A basket.