pail

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A company of wasps
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket (sometimes with a cover)

The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

{i} bucket
{n} a wooden vessel for water, milk
a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
the quantity contained in a pail
usually cylindrical and having a bail, used esp
for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc
It may, or may not, have a cover
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket
A pail is a bucket, usually made of metal or wood
a bucket
A vessel of wood or tin, etc
lunch pail
A lunchbox (container)
pailful
An amount that would fill a pail
slop-pail
A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom
pailful
{n} the quantity which a pail will hold
dinner pail
a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner
pailful
The quantity that a pail will hold
pailful
{i} amount equal to one full bucket
pailful
the quantity contained in a pail
pailfuls
plural of pailful
pails
plural of pail
slop pail
a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot
pail

    Turkish pronunciation

    peyl

    Synonyms

    bucket

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpāl/ /ˈpeɪl/

    Etymology

    () Middle English payle 'wooden container', from Old English pæġel 'wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure', from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz 'peg, rake' (compare Middle Dutch/Middle Low German pegel 'half pint', Danish pægel 'id.'), diminutive of *pag-. More at peg.
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