"water butt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water butts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water butt (plural water butts)
  1. An open-ended barrel used to contain rainwater; a rain barrel Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: water-butt Translations (barrel for holding rainwater): бъчва за дъждовна вода (bǎčva za dǎždovna voda) (Bulgarian), regenton [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), sadevesisäiliö (Finnish), Regentonne [feminine] (German)

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