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/ˈbʌkɪt/ · noun
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items..
I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.
The crab was cool and very light. But the water was thick with sand, and so, scrambling down, Jacob was about to jump, holding his bucket in front of him, when he saw, stretched entirely rigid, side by side, their faces very red, an enormous man and woman.
The horse drank a whole bucket of water.
It rained buckets yesterday.
I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.
My new suit cost me buckets.
We had buckets of fun.
The forward drove to the bucket.
Use bucket when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bucket means A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items..
Common synonyms include bucket down, chuck it down, piss down, rain cats and dogs.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.
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