Synonyms for PAIL
peɪlpail

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1. pailnoun

   Synonyms:
   bucket

2. pailnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   bucket

3. pailnoun

   (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

   Synonyms:
   bucket

4. pailnoun

   A company of wasps.

   Synonyms:
   bucket

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. bucket, pailnoun

   a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

   Synonyms:
   bucketful, pail, pailful, bucket

2. pail, pailfulnoun

   the quantity contained in a pail

   Synonyms:
   pail, pailful, bucket

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Vessel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pailnoun

   Synonyms:
   bucket, piggin

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pail":

   bucket, bonanza, basket

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1. PAIL

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How to use PAIL in a sentence?

1. United States:

   When my son was in Kindergarten, one of his classmates was a homeless girl, she always stared at my son's lunch pail, and my son always gave her something to eat. I felt like I( could) do something. I can cook. So that's how I started.

2. William Butler Yeats:

   Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.