pail
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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
(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.
[Middle English paile, probably from Old French paele, warming pan, perhaps from Latin patella, small pan; see paella.]
pail′ful′ n.
pail
(peɪl)n
1. a bucket, esp one made of wood or metal
2. 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)]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 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 containerful - the quantity that a container will hold |
Translations
دَلْوٌّسَطْل ماء
ведро
galleda
džberkbelík
spand
sankoämpäriparvi
vjedro
fata
バケツ
양동이
spainis
căldaregăleată
vedro
hink
ถัง
xô
pail
n → Eimer m; (child’s) → Eimerchen nt
pail
(peil) noun a bucket. Fetch a pail of water.