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pail

DEFINITIONS OF: pail

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n a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

Synonyms:
bucket
Types:
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cannikin
a wooden bucket
dinner bucket, dinner pail
a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner
dredging bucket
a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed
kibble
an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
slop jar, slop pail
a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot
wine bucket, wine cooler
a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
clamshell, grapple
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
Type of:
vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

n the quantity contained in a pail

Synonyms:
pailful
Type of:
containerful
the quantity that a container will hold
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