1
: a usually cylindrical container with a handle : bucket
a milk pail
2
: the quantity that a pail contains
a pail of water
Examples of pail in a Sentence
A plastic beach pail was lying on the sand.
She poured a pail of water on the campfire.
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Ditch the plastic Halloween pail for a wicker basket, household bucket or pillowcase to carry the sweet stash.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Boo Buckets are back with Happy Meals at McDonald’s restaurants today; and the popular Halloween trick-or-treat pail giveaways are already being listed for sale on eBay.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Oct. 2024
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—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
With the crude camp in place, Wilson grabbed a pail to fetch water.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Boo Buckets are back with Happy Meals at McDonald’s restaurants today; and the popular Halloween trick-or-treat pail giveaways are already being listed for sale on eBay.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Oct. 2024
McDonald's Boo Buckets release date 2024: How to get the colorful Halloween pails What time is 'Dancing with the Stars' on tonight?
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
With the crude camp in place, Wilson grabbed a pail to fetch water.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for pail
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pail. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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