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

 (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)

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)]

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

دَلْوٌّسَطْل ماء

ведро

galleda

džberkbelík

spand

Eimer

κουβάς

baldecubo

sankoämpäriparvi

seaubacbaquet

vjedro

fata

secchio

バケツ

양동이

spainis

emmer

spannbøtte

wiadro

balde

căldaregăleată

ведро

vedro

hink

ถัง

kova

xô

桶

pail

[peɪl] N → balde m, cubo m; (child's) → cubito m

pail

[ˈpeɪl] n (= bucket) → seau m

pail

n → Eimer m; (child’s) → Eimerchen nt

pail

[peɪl] n → secchio

pail

(peil) noun

a bucket. Fetch a pail of water. emmer سَطْل ماء ведро balde džber der Eimer spand κουβάςcubo ämber سطل ämpäri seauדלי बाल्‍टी vjedro, kabao vödör ember fata secchio 手おけ 버킷, 원통형 용기 ki- biras spainis baldi emmerspann, bøttewiadro بوكه (٢) هغه لوښۍ چه اوبلن شيان له يوه ځايه بل ځاى ته په كى وړل كيږى . - (١) ستل، سلواغه balde găleată ведро džber vedro kofa spann, hink ถัง kova 桶 відро; цебер بالٹي cái thùng 桶

pail

→ دَلْوٌّ kbelík spand Eimer κουβάς cubo sanko seau vjedro secchio バケツ 양동이 emmer spann wiadro balde ведро hink ถัง kova xô 桶