Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.