ice bucket

noun

plural ice buckets

: a typically bucket-shaped container for holding ice (as for use in beverages)

also : such a container into which beverages in bottles, cans, etc., are placed for cooling

… an ice bucket containing a bottle of French champagne.

—Jacquin Sanders

Vastly different from throwing ice cubes into your wine, cooling off your reds in the fridge or in an ice bucket brings out their warm weather appeal without watering them down.

—Tess Rose Lampert

At breakfast, he brought the ice bucket from his room, filled with cans of beer.

—Kelly Thornton

Examples of ice bucket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Beer that moves between the fridge, a warm garage, an ice bucket, and hot car can age much faster than one that’s consistently kept cold. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above