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. — Lenin_1917

    deIch füllte den Kübel mit Wasser. — al_ex_an_der

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

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

  4. Fill up this pail with water.

    ruНаполните это ведро водой. — sharptoothed

    deFüll diesen Eimer mit Wasser! — Yorwba

  5. 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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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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