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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And, that there was a goblin, squatting in my skull, rattling a metal pail full of bolts and hissing failure, rot, spoil.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
First introduced in 1986, the pails replace the standard Happy Meal box and can be used for trick-or-treating.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The right diapers and creams are a godsend for cleanup, while easy-to-wipe down changing pads and diaper pails make nighttimes a little more seamless.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Hot water for coffee dangled in a metal pail.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
First introduced in 1986, the pails replace the standard Happy Meal box and can be used for trick-or-treating.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The right diapers and creams are a godsend for cleanup, while easy-to-wipe down changing pads and diaper pails make nighttimes a little more seamless.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Hot water for coffee dangled in a metal pail.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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 29 Oct. 2025.
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