"fire bucket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire buckets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire bucket (plural fire buckets)
  1. (firefighting) A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires. Categories (topical): Firefighting Synonyms: fire-bucket, firebucket Coordinate_terms (firefighting tool): chemical engine, fire blanket, fire engine, fire extinguisher, fire grenade, fire hose Translations (bucket used to extinguish fires): Löscheimer [masculine] (German), buicéad dóiteáin [masculine] (Irish), hama [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-fire_bucket-en-noun-WhxcP61T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: firefighting, government

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