1
: a usually cylindrical container with a handle : bucket
a milk pail
2
: the quantity that a pail contains
a pail of water
Examples of pail in a Sentence
A plastic beach pail was lying on the sand. She poured a pail of water on the campfire.
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ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The win had a definite lunch pail quality to it. —Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Disney began selling simple souvenir popcorn pails in the 1990s and in 2010 introduced a 3D container modeled after Micky Mouse. —Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026 In junior, he was viewed as an honest, hardworking, lunch-pail player who was effective at getting to the right spots and staying around the puck. —Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pail
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ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The win had a definite lunch pail quality to it. —Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Disney began selling simple souvenir popcorn pails in the 1990s and in 2010 introduced a 3D container modeled after Micky Mouse. —Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026 In junior, he was viewed as an honest, hardworking, lunch-pail player who was effective at getting to the right spots and staying around the puck. —Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pail
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/pail. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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