Pail

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
  • n. The amount that a pail can hold.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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).
  • n. A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
  • n. A company of wasps.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vessel of wood (staves) or sheet-metal (usually tin), nearly or quite cylindrical, with a hooped handle or bail, used for carrying water, milk, or other liquids.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
  • n. the quantity contained in a pail
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Bowie    piggin    bucket   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bucket    jug    cans    tub    kettle    keg    pan    pot    spoon    basket