pail
pronunciation
How to pronounce pail in British English:
UK [peɪl]
How to pronounce pail in American English:
US [pel]
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- Noun:
- a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
- the quantity contained in a pail
Word Origin
- pail (n.)
- mid-14c., of uncertain origin, probably from Old French paele, paelle "cooking or frying pan, warming pan;" also a liquid measure, from Latin patella "small pan, little dish, platter," diminutive of patina "broad shallow pan, stewpan" (see pan (n.)). Old English had pægel "wine vessel," but etymology does not support a connection. This Old English word possibly is from Medieval Latin pagella "a measure," from Latin pagella "column," diminutive of pagina (see page (n.1)).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Will you get a pail of water and clean the windows ?
- 2. Try explaining a designer garbage pail to the left side of your brain !
- 3. Considering that watching the doors was once the job of a god , its no wonder that someone else with more power at the school board took over that role while the poor old janitor was busy with his pail .
- 4. But they accepted him placidly and he fetched some hay for each cow and then got the milking pail and the big milk cans .
- 5. He had a small plastic pail , and marina carried a large aluminum jug ; she loved how the blueberries rapped against the bottom .