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diaper bucket

diaper bucket noun: synonym of diaper pail.

Noun

diaper bucket (plural diaper buckets)

  1. (Canada, US, uncommon) Synonym of diaper pail.
    • It's not hard to plan a boiling routine. A little soap powder is added to the diaper bucket, and the contents are boiled in the bucket for ten minutes. If stained, the diapers can then be washed in the washing machine.1956, Today's Health, volume 34, American Medical Association, page 41
    • The diapers […] are placed in a diaper bucket that can be sealed until you're ready to have them washed. Any soiled diaper container should close tightly to prevent dispersal of the ammonia odor that builds up.1977, Lorraine Marshall Burgess, Tom Bottomley, The Garden Maker's Answer Book: A Compendium of Useful Information, in Question and Answer Form, Designed to Assist New Gardeners, Association Press...
    Synonyms:
    diaper pail

Examples of diaper bucket in a sentence

  • 1 diaper bucket for soiled diapers and neutralizing solution such as baking soda (one-half cup dissolved in warm water).1995, Elaine Zimbler, Review of Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family: A Study Guide, Appleton & Lange, →ISBN, page 90:
  • The miasma that floats from a diaper bucket cannot be disguised no matter what fumigants, antitoxins, and essences are invented.2010, Thomas Harold, The Secret of New York Revealed, Ignatius Press, →ISBN, page 135:

Synonyms of diaper bucket

Forms of diaper bucket

pluraldiaper buckets

Origin of diaper bucket

From diaper + bucket, due to a common design of a diaper pail (especially but not exclusively ones intended for cloth diapers) resembling the shape of a bucket with a handle for ease of transportation.

Questions about diaper bucket

What does diaper bucket mean?
Diaper bucket means synonym of diaper pail.
How do you use diaper bucket in a sentence?
1 diaper bucket for soiled diapers and neutralizing solution such as baking soda (one-half cup dissolved in warm water).
What part of speech is diaper bucket?
Diaper bucket is a noun.
What is the plural of diaper bucket?
The plural of diaper bucket is diaper buckets.

Words near diaper bucket in the dictionary

  1. diaper banks
  2. diaper boy
  3. diaper boys
  4. diaper brain
  5. diaper briefs
  6. diaper bucket
  7. diaper buckets
  8. diaper bush
  9. diaper bushes
  10. diaper cake
  11. diaper cakes

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