bucket brigade

collocation in English

meaningsofbucketandbrigade

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bucket
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʌk.ɪt/us
/ˈbʌk.ɪt/
a container with an open top and a handle, often used for ...
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brigade
noun
uk
/brɪˈɡeɪd/us
/brɪˈɡeɪd/
a large group of soldiers in ...
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(Definition ofbucketandbrigadefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The only way to fight a fire was for men to form abucketbrigade.
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All hands bailed out the flooded spaces by an old-fashioned, but effective, method - thebucketbrigade.
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The name comes from analogy with the termbucketbrigade, used for a line of people passing buckets of water.
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The containers had three handles on them which allowed easy handling by one or two people, or movementbucketbrigade-style.
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Fire protection depended upon thebucketbrigadeand finding a hydrant.
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The termbucketbrigadeis also used for a certain method of organizing manual order picking in distribution centers.
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The business district was nearly destroyed by fire in 1923, when abucketbrigadewas able to save only two businesses.
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Thebucketbrigadedrew water from the starboard side, took it to the engine room, and poured it onto the fire.
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These buckets were intended for use by the initialbucketbrigadethat would supply the water at fires.
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An important advancement around 1822 was the invention of an engine which could draft water from a water source doing away with thebucketbrigade.
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Running abucketbrigadeto put out the building blaze was totally ineffective.
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The city owned a small fire engine with a large reservoir which was filled by abucketbrigadeextending to the creek.
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The blaze was contained and put out through the efforts of a "bucketbrigade".
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Fire fighting equipment as well as abucketbrigadetried to douse the flames with water.
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A specialbucketbrigadedelay chip was employed to allow the effect to be completely analog, however the supply of these chips was limited.
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The building was saved by abucketbrigade.
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Abucketbrigadewas formed but the building could not be saved.
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The approximately 80 students on the premises evacuated themselves safely, and then formed a makeshiftbucketbrigade.
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Abucketbrigade, equipped with tubs, buckets, pails, kettles, and other utensils, was formed down to the edge of the stream by the onlookers.
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