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light bucket

light bucket noun: a reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.

Noun

light bucket (plural light buckets)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) A reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.

Forms of light bucket

plurallight buckets

Questions about light bucket

What does light bucket mean?
Light bucket means a reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.
What part of speech is light bucket?
Light bucket is a noun.
What is the plural of light bucket?
The plural of light bucket is light buckets.

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