buckets
Water hauling vessels
Buckets is the plural of bucket—containers with handles for carrying liquids or materials.
The word appears in phrases like kick the buckets (a confused plural of the idiom) and buckets of rain.
In casual speech, buckets means a large quantity: It's raining buckets, She cried buckets.
In basketball, buckets are successful shots: He was getting buckets all night.
Open-topped carrying vessel
- tubOpen washing basin
- binStorage or disposal vessel
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- vesselReceptacle for contents
receptacle · canister · cistern · tank · vat · cauldron · kettle · urn
Atmospheric water deposit
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- showerWater spray for bathing
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
torrent · drencher · gullywasher · sheets · cats and dogs · pouring · soaking · teeming
Sufficient quantity, and then some
- loadsLarge quantities
- heapsLarge informal quantities
- tonsLarge quantities, informally
- oodlesInformal term for plenty
masses · scads · gobs · stacks · piles · lots · boatloads · truckloads
Household provisions closet
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- closetBuilt-in storage chamber
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
bin · locker · vault · repository · stockpile · cache · chest · cupboard
Drainage area boundary
- drainageLiquid removal system
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
groundwater · reservoir · runoff · hydrology · river basin · floodplain · delta · estuary
pail
Open-topped carrying vessel
vessel · receptacle · canister · cistern · tank · vat · cauldron · kettle · urn · hopper
handle
Part for gripping
schlep · heft · hoist · cart · load · portage · shoulder · bail · fetch · draw
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
cloudburst · torrent · drencher · gullywasher · sheets · cats and dogs · pouring · soaking · teeming · pelting
plenty
Sufficient quantity, and then some
oodles · masses · scads · gobs · stacks · piles · lots · boatloads · truckloads · slew
pantry
Household provisions closet
shelves · bin · locker · vault · repository · stockpile · cache · chest · cupboard · cellar
watershed
Drainage area boundary
- drainageLiquid removal system
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
sedimentation · groundwater · reservoir · runoff · hydrology · river basin · floodplain · delta · estuary · tributary
hoop
Rigid circular frame
layup · score · basket · net · rim · backboard · three-pointer · slam · alley-oop · jumper
- manufactured goodsautomobiles, appliances, auto parts, cars, trucks
- beach cleanuptrash bags, volunteers, litter, debris, plastic bottles
- cleaning servicesjanitors, custodians, office cleaning, window washing, floor care
- Community Cleanuptrash bags, garbage bags, gloves, rakes, shovels
- containersbag, bags, box, boxes, bottle
- general storecounter, cash register, ledger, cracker barrel, checkerboard
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
- drop in the bucketInsignificant portion of total
- kicked the bucketDied, colloquially
- kick the bucketSlang for dying
- bucket of waterPail containing liquid
- kicking the bucketSlang for perishing