Pail
Definition of pail:
part of speech: noun
Open vessel for liquids; bucket.
part of speech: noun
An open vessel of wood, etc., for holding or carrying liquids.
part of speech: noun
An open vessel of wood or metal with a handle: used for carrying water, etc.
Usage examples for pail:
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Pomp explained that John had tried to get his pail from him.
"Frank's Campaign or the Farm and the Camp", Horatio Alger, Jr.. -
At this moment Sibyl came into view, carrying a pail of water.
"The Old Stone House", Anne March. -
And once when her ma wuz gone he asked her where the milk pail wuz, and she wantin' to be on the safe side wouldn't say a word.
"Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition", Marietta Holley. -
She had a two- quart tin pail that was hung over a short branch near her hands, and as she began to pick the cherries, she sang or called to her companions.
"Natalie: A Garden Scout", Lillian Elizabeth Roy.