slop buckets

Kitchen scrap containers

Slop buckets are containers for collecting waste—kitchen scraps, dirty water, or human waste before indoor plumbing.

The term evokes unpleasant, messy refuse: She emptied the slop bucket into the pig trough.

Figuratively, slop bucket can describe anything considered garbage or worthless: That report is a slop bucket of bad ideas.

Related

garbage cans · compost bin · pail · garbage pail · trough · leftovers · food waste · chamber pots · waste · manure · sewage · container · privy · composting · nightsoil · chamber pot · receptacle · livestock

Opposites
container purpose/contents

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Wooden containers for aging vintages

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quality/refinement

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Delicate ceramic tableware

crystal vases · champagne buckets

contents value

slop bucketstreasure chests

Containers for stored valuables

jewel boxes · reliquaries · collection plates · holy water fonts · specimen jars

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G