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Meanings of
pail
in English
Portuguese
caçamba
Catalan
galleda
Spanish
cubo
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A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top.
bucket
Portuguese
caçamba
The quantity contained in a pail.
pailful
Synonyms
Examples for "
bucket
"
bucket
Examples for "
bucket
"
1
They call themselves 'the
bucket
list family' for a very good reason.
2
Thou sattest in one
bucket
beneath in the pit in great dread.
3
But first, hoist me up a
bucket
of sea water, will you?
4
A few minutes later Kote returned with a
bucket
of soapy water.
5
Is participating in an obstacle course race on your fitness
bucket
list?
Usage of
pail
in English
1
The boat leaks; there is no
pail
to bail out the water.
2
He rode to work on his bike and carried a lunch
pail
.
3
She lifted the
pail
and pushed through the door of the cabin.
4
Judith rose and set the brimming milk
pail
in a feed box.
5
By the time he had half emptied the
pail
the smoke ceased.
6
Two streams of milk came clattering in turns into the little
pail
.
7
With a full
pail
in each hand we made the return trip.
8
The one who was reading had a dinner
pail
in his hand.
9
There was bread and a small
pail
of water inside my cell.
10
Barefoot started so that the cow winced and almost over-turned the
milk
-
pail
.
11
The calf was now standing still, drinking the milk from the
pail
.
12
One day he bled me; John held a
pail
for the blood.
13
The last few pints I dipped into the
pail
with a cup.
14
They gave no heed to the boy with the
pail
of water.
15
One of the crew grabbed up the
pail
to run for water.
16
The jets of milk shot into the
pail
with an angry rapidity.
Other examples for "pail"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
pail
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
get a pail
take the pail
empty pail
small pail
large pail
More collocations
Translations for
pail
Portuguese
caçamba
balde
cubeta
Catalan
galleda
poal
Spanish
cubo
Pail
through the time
Pail
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common