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A bucket, also called a '''pail''', is a waterproof, vertical cylinder, open at the top and with a solid bottom, usually attached to a carrying handle and usually wider at the top. Buckets have been used since very ancient times, mainly for transporting water from a Fountain or Well into permanent Reservoirs such as water holes and barrels.

At one time it was common for workers to carry food in a covered "lunch bucket" or "lunch pail".

Bucket is also a mobile compartment for minerals and materials - mainly sand, dirt, minerals, and liquids (water). It enables storing, as well as rapid filling and emptying.

Bucket is also used to denote the Scoop installed on a Front Loader , Backhoe , or other construction Tractors .

Bucket is also a Data Structure in Computer Science , and is a specific type of bag (an unordered set).

Bucket can also be used as slang to describe an old, dilapidated car.

Bucket a Heff of indeterminate origin.