pail

pail

a cylindrical vessel with a handle; a bucket: Fetch a pail of water.
Not to be confused with:pale – pallid; light; feeble; weak: The patient looked pale and thin.

pail

P0013700 (pāl)n.1. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.2. The amount that a pail can hold.

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[Middle English paile, probably from Old French paele, warming pan, perhaps from Latin patella, small pan; see paella.]

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pail′ful′ n.

pail

(peɪl) n1. a bucket, esp one made of wood or metal2. Also called: pailful the quantity that fills a pail[Old English pægel; compare Catalan paella frying pan, paella]

pail

(peɪl)

n. 1. a container, usu. cylindrical, with a handle; bucket. 2. the amount filling a pail. [before 1000; Middle English payle wooden container, Old English pægel wine container, liquid measure (compare Middle Dutch, Low German pegel half pint)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pail - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the topbucketcannikin - a wooden bucketdinner bucket, dinner pail - a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinnerdredging bucket - a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbedkibble - an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or miningslop jar, slop pail - a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber potvessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)water wheel, waterwheel - a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbinewine bucket, wine cooler - a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
	2.	pail - the quantity contained in a pailpailfulcontainerful - the quantity that a container will hold

Translations

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(peil) noun a bucket. Fetch a pail of water. 桶 桶

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