pail

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 Hot water for coffee dangled in a metal pail. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 Burger King has its own pail for fans landing sooner than McDonald’s. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 The decorative pails, which replace the classic Happy Meal box, have returned periodically in the years since their launch. Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025 Foreshadowing the Future One of the young coaches present when Foster first introduced the pail was graduate assistant Brent Pry. Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pail
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bucket
Noun
  • Rice and liquid sanitizer were stored in the same five-gallon bucket.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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