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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
Synonyms


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A group of men sits together on a sofa as bartenders place bottles of Chivas Regal in buckets of ice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

Bitcoin funding is modestly positive, but far below the levels seen in the hottest non-crypto-linked buckets, according to Rahman.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Every day, women queue with buckets beneath a white-hot sky.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But handwashing is done in plastic buckets -- a sign of the tardiness of the response to an outbreak many fear could be among the worst in the virus's history.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

The others poured them into buckets while I sat faintly down again, trying to contain my churning stomach.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo



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