bailer
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈbeɪlər/
:
cubeta
- To keep the boat from sinking, she took the bailer and started scooping out water.
Examples
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I'VE GOT A BIG BAILER, I'VE GOT ADDED FLOATATION, AND I'VE GOT A TECHNIQUE IN MIND.
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He a bailer.
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We have created bailers out of large plastic bottles, and they are now pressed into action.
Academic text (1993) -
Water samples were drawn with a bucket or a 1.5-liter bailer (both rinsed with sample water) directly from their standpipes or open cenote surfaces to document the condition of the water as it is consumed for domestic use, as water for livestock, or in agriculture.
Academic text (2000) -
He grabbed the bailer to remove the water that had collected in the bottom of the dinghy.
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The fisherman used a bailer to quickly get rid of the water after the rain.
Synonyms
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7.5
A container like a bucket used to remove water from a boat
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2.4
A device that removes liquid, for example from washed food
A person or machine that uses a bucket to move things
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Etymology
Bailer comes from the verb bail, which means 'to throw out water' and appears in the phrase 'bail out' a boat. So a bailer is a person or tool that 'throws out' water to keep a boat from sinking.