Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
pail
IPA transcription: [p'eɪl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
bucket, pail
Meaning:
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
Usage examples
He had just milked a drop in the pail.
A full pail was reddened in an instant.
He pointed to the pail of milk which Father De Smet still held.
"All right, then, Crosspatch," said Jan. Leaving the pail in front of her, he went back to the boat.
My soul was faint, and all of a sudden it was just as though he had emptied a pail of dirty water over me.
Accept a ribbon red, I beg, For Madam Purrer's tail, And ice cream made by lovely Peg, A Mont Blanc in a pail.
The brave girl dropped the pail of water that she had been carrying, picked up the fuse and applied it to the touch hole.
Giving Reuther the rest of the work to do, she presently appeared before him with pail and broom and a pile of fresh linen.
A pail was brought, and he, crying 'Emperor, all hail! seek for me in Sicily,' jumped headlong into the pail, and vanished from their sight.
Now Farmer Bowser, when he had finished sawing the wood, found it was time to feed the pig, so he took a pail of meal and went to the pigsty.