What it means
- (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.”
- (noun) The amount held in this container. “The horse drank a whole bucket of water.”
- (noun) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
- (noun) Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- (noun) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- (noun) The basket. “The forward drove to the bucket.”
- (noun) A field goal. “We can't keep giving up easy buckets.”
- (noun) (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
- (noun) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
- (noun) (chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid. “I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.”
- (noun) A bucket bag.
- (noun) The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
Letter analysis
- Buckets contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
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- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
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Words starting with BUC
- buccaneer
- buccaneered
- buccaneering
- buccaneers
- buck
- buckboard
- buckboards
- bucked
- bucket
- bucketed
- bucketful
- bucketfuls
- bucketing
- buckeye
- buckeyes
- bucking
- buckle
- buckled
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Common questions
What does Buckets mean?
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
How many letters are in Buckets?
Buckets has 7 letters.
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