Pail Definition

pāl
pails
noun
pails
A more or less cylindrical container, usually with a curved handle, for holding and carrying liquids, etc.; bucket.
Webster's New World
The amount held by a pail.
Webster's New World

A company of wasps.

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Noun

Singular:
pail
Plural:
pails

Origin of Pail

  • Middle English payle 'wooden container', from Old English pæġel 'wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure', from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz 'peg, rake' (compare Middle Dutch/Middle Low German pegel 'half pint', Danish pægl 'id.'), diminutive of *pag-. More at peg.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English paile probably from Old French paele warming pan perhaps from Latin patella small pan paella

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pail Sentence Examples

  • I had to carry the pail up the hill.

  • I had only one pail of water for taking a bath.

  • Twenty years ago, parents arrived at the beach with their kids wearing basic bathing suits, carrying a towel and maybe a pail and shovel to make sandcastles.

  • First I take an axe and pail and go in search of water, if that be not a dream.

  • When I went to get a pail of water early in the morning I frequently saw this stately bird sailing out of my cove within a few rods.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAI

Words Ending With

LILAIL

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Words Starting With P and Ending With L

Starts With P & Ends With LStarts With PA & Ends With LStarts With P & Ends With IL

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With P4 Letter Words Ending With L