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 But these are guys that bring their lunch pail to work every day, do what the coaches tell them, do it to the best of their ability, and then are there when the team needs them the most. —

Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 May 2026 Some genuine hardhat-lunch pail, hand-in-the-dirt stuff with foundation anchored in cement, not sand. —

Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026 Fans also have embraced the lunch-pail guys like Kendrick Perkins, Steven Adams, Enes Kanter, Nick Collison and now, Jaylin Williams and Alex Caruso. —

ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 The win had a definite lunch pail quality to it. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pail

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail

bucket

Noun

Typically, deserving candidates are sure things in one bucket or another.

— James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Shovel the mound quickly and smoothly into the bucket.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 17 June 2026