Editing Bucket (section)

==Types and uses==
A number of bucket types exist, used for a variety of purposes. Though most of these are functional purposes, a number, including those constructed from precious metals, are used for ceremonial purposes. Common types of bucket and their adjoining purposes include:

* Water buckets used to carry [[water]]
* Household and garden buckets used for carrying liquids and granular products
* Elaborate ceremonial or ritual buckets constructed of [[bronze]], [[ivory]] or other materials, found in several ancient or medieval cultures, sometimes known by the Latin for bucket, {{lang|la|[[Situla (vessel)|situla]]}}
* Large scoops or buckets attached to [[loader (equipment)|loader]]s and [[telehandler]]s for landscaping agricultural and purposes
* Canvas buckets made of woven fabric, developed as a fire-resistant alternative to leather<ref>{{cite web |title=Fire Bucket, "Goodyear / 13" |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1340622 |website=National Museum of American History |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=10 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[Crusher#Crusher bucket|Crusher bucket]]s attached to excavators used for crushing and recycling material in the construction industry
* Buckets shaped like [[sand art and play|castles]] often used as children's toys to shape and carry sand on a [[beach]] or in a [[sandpit]]
* Buckets in special shapes such as cast iron buckets or smelting buckets to hold liquid metal at high temperatures

Though not always bucket shaped, [[lunch box]]es are sometimes known as lunch pails or a lunch bucket. Buckets can be repurposed as seats, tool caddies, hydroponic gardens, chamber pots, "street" drums, or livestock feeders, amongst other uses. Buckets are also repurposed for the use of long term food storage by [[survivalists]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Durado|first1=John|title=Gamma Lids for Long Term Storage|url=http://www.pyramidreviews.com/product-reviews/outdoors-survival/gamma-lids/|website=Pyramid Reviews - Prepping for Life|date=22 February 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303124752/http://www.pyramidreviews.com/product-reviews/outdoors-survival/gamma-lids/|archive-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>