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This article is about the physical container. For other uses, see Bucket (disambiguation).
A plastic yellow bucket.

A bucket, also called a pail, is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. A pail can have an open top or can have a lid.

Types and uses

There are many types of pails and buckets;

  • Household and garden uses are often for carrying liquids and granular products
  • Elaborate ceremonial or ritual buckets in bronze, ivory or other materials are found in several ancient or medieval cultures and are known by the Latin for bucket, situla.
  • Farm chemicals often come in pails and buckets and can be reused for many farm tasks
  • Large scoops or buckets are attached to Loader (equipment) and Telehandler for agricultural and earthmoving purposes.
  • Open headed and closed headed pails are used as shipping containers for chemicals and industrial products
  • A Lunch box is often called a lunch pail
  • Roman bronze situla from Germany, 2nd-3rd century Roman bronze situla from Germany, 2nd-3rd century
  • A wooden bucket A wooden bucket
  • German 19th century leather fire-buckets. With wood, leather was the most common material for buckets before modern times German 19th century leather fire-buckets. With wood, leather was the most common material for buckets before modern times
  • A man carrying two buckets A man carrying two buckets
  • A young lady carrying a bucket. By the German artist Heinrich Zille. A young lady carrying a bucket. By the German artist Heinrich Zille.
  • A mop bucket with a wringer. A mop bucket with a wringer.
  • An excavator bucket. An excavator bucket.
  • A helicopter bucket. A helicopter bucket.
  • Plastic buckets on a beach, with two shovels Plastic buckets on a beach, with two shovels
  • Container for food products Container for food products
  • Plastic pail used for milking Plastic pail used for milking

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