feed bucket

Horse meal pail

A feed bucket is a sturdy container, typically metal or heavy plastic, used to hold grain or other food for livestock.

Horses, cattle, and other farm animals eat from feed buckets hung on fence rails or stall walls: She filled the feed bucket with oats.

The term sometimes appears figuratively for any source of sustenance or reward.

Related
  • pailOpen-topped carrying vessel
  • troughOpen container for animal feed
  • grainCereal plant's harvest unit
  • grain binAgricultural seed storage structure
  • oatsCereal grain for porridge

horse · hungry mouths · barn · barn door · stable · slop · mash · scoop · handle · galvanized · galvanized steel · livestock · chores · early morning · pasture · hay · water · metal

Categories
Opposites
container function

feed bucketwater trough

Container for livestock to drink

water bucket · stock tank · watering trough · water bowl

action/purpose

feed bucketwaste bin

Receptacle for rubbish

manure spreader

direction of sustenance flow

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Pail for liquid waste

milk pail

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G