pail

IPA: pˈeɪɫ

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).
(In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Examples of "pail" in Sentences

Dump the liquid into a pail of sawdust.
I look forward to sharing the mop pail.
The pail needs to be insulated from earth.
They use the dipper to take water from the pail.
When the pail is kicked away, the victim is hanged.
Dump the liquid into a pail of sawdust or grass clippings.
The pails were collected on a weekly basis during the day.
The process was more expensive than the simpler pail system.
The lid and pail constitute a package for particulate material.
The oyster pail provided an inexpensive and sanitary way to accomplish this.
Water was carried by pail from the creek for cooking, washing, and doing dishes.
Conan took a skin pail and brought water from the oasis so she could clean herself.
One robe each was kept, one ax, one tin pail, and a scant supply of bacon and flour.
For a while clip clip clip and the sound of grapes hitting the bottom of the pail is all that is heard.
While I sat there on an old tin pail which I had turned up for this purpose, two German officers came in, whistling.
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.