Associations to the word «Pail»

Pictures for the word «Pail»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PAIL, noun. A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top.
PAIL, noun. The quantity contained in a pail.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope