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Bucket
Open top watertight container / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the open top container. For other uses, see Bucket (disambiguation).
A bucket is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail.[1][2]
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A bucket is usually an open-top container. In contrast, a pail can have a top or lid and is a shipping container. In common usage, the two terms are often used interchangeably.