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 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 But families attend this event mainly for the festive atmosphere, so don’t go expecting to fill up your Halloween pail. —

John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025 And, that there was a goblin, squatting in my skull, rattling a metal pail full of bolts and hissing failure, rot, spoil. —

Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pail

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bucket

Noun

Louisville guard Ryan Conwell then scored two late buckets for the 6-seed Cardinals in the final 90 seconds of regulation to help his team escape with a 62-58 win over the 11-seed Mustangs and eliminate them from the ACC tournament.

— Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
With expertise honed over 70 years of theme-park entertainment, Disney has tapped into a unique niche of those who want an elevated holiday experience but with all the key Disney elements that make theme parks like Disneyland a bucket-list trip.

— Helen Wright, TheWeek, 11 Mar. 2026