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

buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Fast-forward four years: I had nurtured nine baby giant sequoias that were now outgrowing their large plastic buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Neighbors line up in the same spot, marking their place with tanks, buckets and jerrycans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The company is pushing sandwiches, wings and tenders to diversify away from its traditional bone-in buckets of chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Not that it would matter much during the depth of Armageddon, reviews of Bakkers’ food buckets were less than glowing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Just about the time I was finished, Pa came out to take the milk buckets.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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