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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The city provides composting bins and pails to residents with a weekly pickup service, and has successfully increased organic waste collection by 106% over two years, LawnStarter reported.
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Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
Having factories in Michigan also allows American Plastic Toys to deliver quickly, so retailers don't run short of toboggans in the winter or sand pails in the summer.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
Missing Surfer, 28, Is Believed to Have Been Killed by Shark: Authorities
In an update post, the council shared a video showing how the beach cleanup was going as volunteers scoured the sand, picking up the debris with a metal tool and throwing it into a pail.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Others are reading:Boo Buckets and other Halloween pails coming to restaurants in October.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2024
Having factories in Michigan also allows American Plastic Toys to deliver quickly, so retailers don't run short of toboggans in the winter or sand pails in the summer.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
Missing Surfer, 28, Is Believed to Have Been Killed by Shark: Authorities
In an update post, the council shared a video showing how the beach cleanup was going as volunteers scoured the sand, picking up the debris with a metal tool and throwing it into a pail.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Others are reading:Boo Buckets and other Halloween pails coming to restaurants in October.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for pail
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pail. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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