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5-gallon bucket
A kind of bucket · also called 5-gallon pail, five-gallon bucket, five-gallon pail
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A 5-gallon bucket is a standard utility container measuring about 14 inches tall and a foot wide.
These containers are significantly larger than everyday 2-gallon or 3-gallon household cleaning pails. Most designs feature a slight taper from top to bottom, which allows multiple empty buckets to nest tightly together. While light when empty, filling a bucket completely with water increases its total weight to more than 40 pounds (18 kg).
From Wikipedia
A bucket is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom that is attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. A bucket is usually an open-top container.
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- How big is a 5-gallon bucket?
- An empty 5-gallon bucket stands 14.2 inches (0.36 m) tall and measures 11.8 inches (0.3 m) across, weighing about 2.2 pounds (1 kg). This makes it roughly the same height as a standard bowling pin.
Weight
2.2 lb (1 kg)
- Length
- 11.8 in (30 cm)
- Height
- 14.2 in (36 cm)
Quick answer
An empty 5-gallon bucket stands 14.2 inches (0.36 m) tall and measures 11.8 inches (0.3 m) across, weighing about 2.2 pounds (1 kg). This makes it roughly the same height as a standard bowling pin.
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