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Collocations for bucket - noun

→ See also pail

ADJECTIVE

empty, full
galvanized, metal, plastic
leaky
champagne, ice
paint (AmE), water
slop
a slop bucket full of scraps of food
mop
fire
The sand had spilled from the fire bucket.

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VERB + bucket

fill
She filled the bucket with fresh water.
carry
dump, empty, pour, throw
She poured the bucket of dirty water down the drain.

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bucket + VERB

be full of sth, contain sth, hold sth
overflow

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PREPOSITION

in a/the bucket
bucket of
big buckets of popcorn and Coke
a bucket of oats for the horses

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PHRASES

a bucket and spade (BrE)
The children ran down to the beach with their buckets and spades.
mop and bucket
The cleaner put down his mop and bucket and sat down.

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