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 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 Barrels were rolled out to the airplane and gas transferred to our tanks in open pails. —

Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for pail

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bucket

Noun

Reichstadter was shown in video posted by WJLA being lowered to the ground in the bucket.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 6 May 2026
On Monday, while belting on the corner of State and Madison, his tip bucket was snatched.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 6 May 2026