{
    "term": "bucket",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/cl/cleaning_2.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an open container with a handle, used for carrying or holding liquids, sand, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a plastic bucket"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were playing on the beach with their **buckets and spades**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cleaner put down his mop and bucket and sat down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sand had spilt from the fire bucket."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slop bucket full of scraps of food"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "pail",
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "full", "galvanized"],
                "verb + bucket": ["fill", "carry", "dump"],
                "bucket + verb": [
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something",
                    "hold something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the bucket", "bucket of"],
                "phrases": ["a bucket and spade", "mop and bucket"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a large container that is part of a crane or digger and is used for lifting things",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the amount contained in a bucket",
            "sensetop": "by the bucket/bucketful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "two buckets/bucketfuls of water"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They used to drink tea by the bucketful *(= in large quantities)*.",
                    "contextForm": "by the bucket/bucketful"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She poured the bucket of dirty water down the drain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bucket of oats for the horses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "big buckets of popcorn and Coke"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "full", "galvanized"],
                "verb + bucket": ["fill", "carry", "dump"],
                "bucket + verb": [
                    "be full of something",
                    "contain something",
                    "hold something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the bucket", "bucket of"],
                "phrases": ["a bucket and spade", "mop and bucket"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a large amount",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "To succeed in show business, you need buckets of confidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **wept buckets**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **sweating buckets** by the end of the race."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain was coming down **in buckets** *(= it was raining very heavily)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an amount of something that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The amount of money raised was a drop in the bucket compared to what we needed."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to die",
            "labels": "(informal or humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌkɪt/",
                "audio": "bu/bucket/bucket__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌkɪtfʊl/",
                "audio": "bu/bucket/bucketful__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌkɪt/",
                "audio": "bu/bucket/bucket__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbʌkɪtfʊl/",
                "audio": "bu/bucket/bucketful__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French buquet ‘tub, pail’, perhaps from Old English būc ‘belly, pitcher’."
}