{{Short description|Open-top watertight container}} {{About|the open top container}} right|250px|thumb|Water well bucketsA '''bucket''' is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom that is attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the ''bail''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Bucket|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucket|publisher=Merriam-Webster|access-date=23 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909115533/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucket|archive-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Stuart |editor1-last=Flexner |editor2-first=epmpre |editor2-last=Hauck |title=Random House Unabridged Dictionary p|type=hardcover |edition=second |year=1993 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=0-679-42917-4 |page=271 }}</ref> A bucket is usually an open-top container. When in reference to a shipping container, the term "pail" is used as a technical term, specifically referring to a bucket-shaped package with a sealed top or lid, which is used as a transport container for chemicals and industrial products.<ref>{{cite book |last=Soroka |first=W |title=Illustrated Glossary of Packaging Terminology |publisher=Institute of Packaging Professionals |edition=Second |url=http://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129074725/http://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=1 |archive-date=2011-01-29}}</ref>
Buckets are used for catching, holding, or carrying liquids and solids.<ref name=":0" /> Buckets may also be used for long-term food storage.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Durado|first1=John|title=Gamma Lids for Long Term Storage|url=http://www.pyramidreviews.com/product-reviews/outdoors-survival/gamma-lids/|website=Pyramid Reviews - Prepping for Life|date=22 February 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303124752/http://www.pyramidreviews.com/product-reviews/outdoors-survival/gamma-lids/|archive-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> As an obsolete unit of measurement, at least one source documents a 'bucket' as being equivalent to {{convert|4|impgal}}.<ref name="The Science of Measurement: A Historical Survey">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CrmuSiCFyikC&pg=PA46 |title=The Science of Measurement: A Historical Survey |isbn=9780486144979 |access-date=May 23, 2018 |last1=Klein |first1=Herbert Arthur |date=3 December 2012|publisher=Courier Corporation }}</ref>
==See also== {{Wiktionary|bucket}} {{Commons category|Buckets}} * Bobrinski Bucket * Giberville bucket * Bucket brigade * Coal scuttle * Mop * Pail (container) * There's a Hole in My Bucket * Veronica Bucket
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