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a round open container, made of plastic or metal, with a handle used for keeping or carrying things
- The painter dipped his brush into the bucket of paint to start working on the walls.
- We used a large bucket to collect apples during the harvest in the orchard.
- The old barn had a leaky roof, so they placed buckets underneath to catch the rainwater.
- The fisherman returned from the lake with a bucket full of freshly caught trout.
- After the storm, they used a bucket to bail out water that had collected in the basement.
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