Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucket truck

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: buck-et truck
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A truck fitted with an extendable, hydraulic boom carrying a large bucket for raising people to elevated areas.

Example Sentences

"The sign was nailed to the top of an electrical pole; the inability to remove it without a bucket truck reinforced the permanence of the opinion."

Inflected Forms

bucket trucks (plural)

Synonyms

cherry picker

Questions

What does bucket truck mean?: A truck fitted with an extendable, hydraulic boom carrying a large bucket for raising people to elevated areas.

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