ash bucket

Hearth debris receptacle

An ash bucket is a metal container used to collect and carry ashes from a fireplace, wood stove, or coal furnace.

Typically made of galvanized steel with a tight-fitting lid, it allows safe disposal of ashes that may still contain embers: She scooped the cold ashes into the ash bucket.

Related
  • coalCombustible sedimentary rock
  • embersSmoldering fire remnants
  • sootCarbon from incomplete burning
  • cinderCombustion residue fragment
  • scuttleSink intentionally; hurried shuffle

hot coals · shovel · dust · pail · chimney · woodstove · fireplace tools · burned out · metal · handle · dust pan · fireside · grate · poker · tongs · debris · cleanup · residue

Opposites
fire management function

ash bucketlog holder

Firewood storage container

fire starter kit · fuel storage · tinder box · log basket · coal scuttle

thermal safety

ash bucketfire pit

Outdoor contained burning area

brazier · fire grate · fireplace · wood stove · hearth

Family

ash, bucket, ashes, ashen, ashy, buckets, bucketed, bucketing, bucketful

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G