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Synonyms for pail

Most common

bucket pailful

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    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.

Related words

Word family
pailful
Phrases
diaper pail garbage pail lunch pail nappy pail

Forms

Plural
pails → buckets, pailfuls…

Example sentences

  • bucket I have to peel a whole bucket of apples for a jam.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pailrising
bucketrising
pailfulsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
bucket2
7 letters
pailful

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bucket2 = 2 syllables).