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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The pail uses dual-seal technology to lock away diaper smells and is compatible with any standard trash bag.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Use your hand to brush away excess soil and place the bulbs in a garden pail.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
One of her chores was to get pails of water from a well.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Use your hand to brush away excess soil and place the bulbs in a garden pail.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
One of her chores was to get pails of water from a well.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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 18 Apr. 2025.
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