Definitions for pail
peɪlpail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. bucket, pailnoun

   a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

2. pail, pailfulnoun

   the quantity contained in a pail

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pailnoun

   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).

   The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

2. pailnoun

   (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

3. pailnoun

   A company of wasps.

4. Etymology: payle 'wooden container', from pæġel 'wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure', from pagilaz 'peg, rake' (compare / pegel 'half pint', pægel 'id.'), diminutive of *pag-. More at peg.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pailnoun

   A wooden vessel in which milk or water is commonly carried.

   Etymology: paila, Spanish.

   In the country when their wool is new shorn, they set pails of water by in the same room, to increase the weight. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 78.

   New milk that all the winter never fails,
   And all the summer overflows the pails. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pail

   Iliamna Airport (IATA: ILI, ICAO: PAIL, FAA LID: ILI) is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (5.5 km) west of the central business district of Iliamna, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pail

   A pail is a cylindrical container with a handle, often made of metal or plastic, used for carrying or storing things, especially liquids such as water or milk. It is also commonly referred to as a bucket.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Pailnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [OE. paile, AS. pgel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of wine, Dan. pgel half a pint.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Pail

   pāl, n. an open vessel of wood, &c., for holding or carrying liquids.—n. Pail′ful, as much as fills a pail. [O. Fr. paile, paele—L. patella, a pan, dim. of patera—patēre, to be open.]

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1. PAIL

   What does PAIL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PAIL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Pail

   Pail vs. Pale -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Pail and Pale.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PAIL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pail is ranked #133863 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pail surname appeared 126 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pail.
   
   88.8% or 112 total occurrences were White.
   5.5% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Vessel

Anagrams for pail »

1. lipa

2. pali

3. Pali

4. pial

How to pronounce pail?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pail in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pail in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pail in a Sentence

1. William Butler Yeats:

   Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

2. United States:

   When my son was in Kindergarten, one of his classmates was a homeless girl, she always stared at my son's lunch pail, and my son always gave her something to eat. I felt like I( could) do something. I can cook. So that's how I started.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pail
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pail
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pail
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pail
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pail
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html