pail
A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used…A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
» I filled the pail with water.
Ich füllte den Kübel mit Wasser.
Ich füllte den Eimer mit Wasser.
Я наполнил ведро водой.
Я наполнила ведро водой.
Meaning
2 sensesA vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
- the quantity contained in a pail
- a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
Examples
12 sentencesI filled the pail with water.
ruЯ наполнил ведро водой.
deIch füllte den Kübel mit Wasser.
Tom grabbed his lunch pail and headed for school.
Tom took an apple out of his lunch pail and began eating it.
Fill up this pail with water.
ruНаполните это ведро водой.
deFüll diesen Eimer mit Wasser!
Tom opened his lunch pail.
Origin
From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of uncertain origin.From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of uncertain origin.
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