pail (redirected from pailfuls)

pail  (pl)

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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pailful n.

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pail

Noun

1. a bucket

2. Also called: (pailful) the amount contained in a pail: a pail of water [Old English pægel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pail - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top bucket cannikin - a wooden bucket dinner bucket, dinner pail - a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner dredging bucket - a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed kibble - an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining slop jar, slop pail - a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) water wheel, waterwheel - a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine wine bucket, wine cooler - a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
	2.	pail - the quantity contained in a pail pailful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold

Translations

pail [peɪl] n → cubo, balde m

pail [peɪl] n → seau m

pail [peɪl] n → Eimer m

pail [peɪl] n → secchio

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pail

n pail [peil]

a bucket Fetch a pail of water.emmerسَطْل ماءведроdžberspandder Eimerκουβάςcuboämberسطلsankoseauדְלִיबाल्‍टीvjedro,kabaovödöremberfatasecchio手おけ양동이ki- birasspainisbaldiemmerspann, bøttewiadrobaldegăleatăведроdžbervedrokofaspann, hinkถังkova桶відро; цеберبالٹيcái thùng桶