bucketwheel

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noun

An excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
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Meanings

nounbucketwheel (plural bucketwheels)

plural bucketwheels · alternative bucket-wheel

  1. An excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt

Origin

  1. Middle Englishboket
  2. Englishbucket
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  5. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  6. Old Englishhwēol
  7. Middle Englishwhel
  8. Englishwheel
  9. Englishbucketwheel

From bucket + wheel.

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APA

bucketwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucketwheel

MLA

“bucketwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucketwheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bucketwheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucketwheel.

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