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A bucket, also called a pail, is a watertight, vertical cylinder
Cylinder

Cylinder may refer to:* Cylinder , a three-dimensional geometric shape* Cylinder , the cartesian product of a set with its superset* Cylinder , the space within which a piston travels in an engine...
 or truncated
Truncation (geometry)

In geometry, a truncation is an operation in any dimension that cuts polytope vertices, creating a new Facet in place of each vertex....
 cone
Cone (geometry)

A cone is a dimension geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat, round base to a point called the apex or vertex. More precisely, it is the solid figure bounded by a plane base and the surface formed by the locus of all straight line segments joining the apex to the perimeter of the base....
, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle
Handle (grip)

A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomics issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition....
 called the bail. Buckets have been used since very ancient times, mainly for transporting water from a fountain
Fountain

A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source , fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. Fountains may be wall fountains or free-standing....
 or well
Water well

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground ??by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access water in underground aquifers....
 into permanent reservoirs such as water holes and barrels. They can also be used to transport other items other than water such as sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
, rocks, and fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
.Buckets are also used extensively in warm climates by beach goers, for the purpose of building sandcastles.






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A bucket, also called a pail, is a watertight, vertical cylinder
Cylinder

Cylinder may refer to:* Cylinder , a three-dimensional geometric shape* Cylinder , the cartesian product of a set with its superset* Cylinder , the space within which a piston travels in an engine...
 or truncated
Truncation (geometry)

In geometry, a truncation is an operation in any dimension that cuts polytope vertices, creating a new Facet in place of each vertex....
 cone
Cone (geometry)

A cone is a dimension geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat, round base to a point called the apex or vertex. More precisely, it is the solid figure bounded by a plane base and the surface formed by the locus of all straight line segments joining the apex to the perimeter of the base....
, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle
Handle (grip)

A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomics issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition....
 called the bail. Buckets have been used since very ancient times, mainly for transporting water from a fountain
Fountain

A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source , fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. Fountains may be wall fountains or free-standing....
 or well
Water well

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground ??by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access water in underground aquifers....
 into permanent reservoirs such as water holes and barrels. They can also be used to transport other items other than water such as sand
Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.As the term is used by geologists, sand particles range in diameter from 0.0625 to 2 millimeters....
, rocks, and fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
.Buckets are also used extensively in warm climates by beach goers, for the purpose of building sandcastles. Along with the spade, a bucket is an Australian icon, with every household owning a colourful set.

Nursery Rhymes famous for buckets include Jack and Jill, and indirectally Cinderella, as she formerly acted as the housekeeper for her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Image:Man carrying two buckets.JPG|A man carrying two buckets Image:wooden_bucket.jpg|A wooden bucket Image:Heinrich Zille Wasserträgerin.jpg|A young lady carrying a bucket. By the German artist Heinrich Zille
Heinrich Zille

Rudolf Heinrich Zille , Germany illustrator and photographer, was born in Radeburg near Dresden, as the son of watchmaker Johann Traugott Zill and Ernestine Louise ....
. Image:Janitor's bucket with mop.jpg|A mop
MOP

MOP may refer to:* Master of Puppets, album by heavy metal band Metallica* M.O.P., or Mash Out Posse, an American rap duo* Macanese pataca, the currency of Macau, ISO 4217 code MOP...
 bucket with a wringer. Image:Excavator bucket.JPG|An excavator bucket. Image:AFlex-Monsoon-Bucket.jpg|A Helicopter bucket. Image:Pail and trowel on sand.JPG|Plastic buckets on a beach, with two shovels