Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
- noun The amount that a pail can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel of wood (staves) or sheet-metal (usually tin), nearly or quite cylindrical, with a hooped handle or bail, used for carrying water, milk, or other liquids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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. It may, or may not, have a cover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having ahandle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; abucket (sometimes with a cover). - noun A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
- noun A company of
wasps .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
- noun the quantity contained in a pail
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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For a while clip clip clip and the sound of grapes hitting the bottom of the pail is all that is heard.
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For a while clip clip clip and the sound of grapes hitting the bottom of the pail is all that is heard.
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Joshi told us a charming story of Lovecraft hosting a coffee klatch for his fellow writers in New York and bringing the coffee in by the pail from the local deli.
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One robe each was kept, one ax, one tin pail, and a scant supply of bacon and flour.
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Joshi told us a charming story of Lovecraft hosting a coffee klatch for his fellow writers in New York and bringing the coffee in by the pail from the local deli.
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Conan took a skin pail and brought water from the oasis so she could clean herself.
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Water was carried by pail from the creek for cooking, washing, and doing dishes.
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Conan took a skin pail and brought water from the oasis so she could clean herself.
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Water was carried by pail from the creek for cooking, washing, and doing dishes.
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While I sat there on an old tin pail which I had turned up for this purpose, two German officers came in, whistling.
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