pail
English
Etymology
From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɪl/, enPR: pāl
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Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɪl
- Homophone: pale
Noun
pail (plural pails)
- A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
- Synonym: bucket
- The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
- (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
Derived terms
Translations
bucket — see bucket
Anagrams
Dalmatian
Etymology
Noun
pail m
- (body) hair
See also
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