Thesaurus results for PAIL

pail

noun

ˈpāl

Definition of pail next

as in bucket

a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle fetch me a pail full of water, please

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Recent Examples of pail Oneida spokeswoman Bobbi Webster recalled growing up that tribal members would spend long hours working on non-tribal land within the reservation borders picking apples for 50 cents a pail. —

Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026 Ward arrived with coordinator Wink Martindale in 2022 and helped instill a lunch pail quality into the front of an aggressive Giants defense, which galvanized the team to its lone postseason berth since 2016 and its only playoff win since 2011. —

Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026 Molinaroli sees his effort as a laboratory for social change because education for him is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. —

William Jones, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026 Don't be the house that supplies the candy everyone hates and leaves at the bottom of their pail. —

Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pail

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bucket

Noun

Italian Leather Quilted Wallet Crossbody, $92 Part tote, part crossbody, this bucket bag will be your new everyday accessory.

— Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
LaMelo Ball beat his chest and shouted a few choice words, exhilarated after draining the bucket that ensured the Charlotte Hornets lived to play another day.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026