What does "bucket" mean?

Bucket: A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
  2. 3.The valved piston of a lifting pump. Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. -- To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]

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