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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats