pail
IPA: pˈeɪɫ
noun
- 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.
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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.