"ice bucket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ice buckets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice bucket (plural ice buckets)
  1. An often insulated container for holding ice cubes. Categories (topical): Containers Derived forms: ice bucket challenge
    Sense id: en-ice_bucket-en-noun-Z--lIk-0 Disambiguation of Containers: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 60 40
  2. (science fiction, slang, humorous) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep. Tags: humorous, slang Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-ice_bucket-en-noun-pQ01anJ1 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Inflected forms

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