Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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).

    The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

  2. A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

More definitions
  • the quantity contained in a pail
  • a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I filled the pail with water.

    ruЯ наполнил ведро водой.

    deIch füllte den Kübel mit Wasser.

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  2. Tom grabbed his lunch pail and headed for school.

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  3. Tom took an apple out of his lunch pail and began eating it.

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  4. Fill up this pail with water.

    ruНаполните это ведро водой.

    deFüll diesen Eimer mit Wasser!

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  5. Tom opened his lunch pail.

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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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Forms

plural: pails
Singularpail
Pluralpails

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the quantity contained in a pail:pailful
  • a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top:bucket

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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