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  • plural of bucket.
  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).
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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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On the National Mall in Washington volunteers handed out bottles of water from buckets of ice before sunshine gave way to thunderstorms.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

“It mostly came down to using shovels and buckets and hands, things like that,” Espy said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

A group of volunteers passes buckets of rubble from hand to hand in long lines.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Each member of the company promised to bring to a fire six water buckets and two linen bags to rescue property.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

We set down our buckets and rush over.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar



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