Definition of 'pail'
pail in American English
noun
1.
a more or less
cylindrical
container, usually with a hoop-shaped
handle, for
holding and carrying
liquids, etc.; bucket
2.
the amount held by a pail
: also ˈpailˌful Word forms: plural ˈpailˌfuls Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
In other languages
pail
- American English: pail
- Arabic: دَلْوٌّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: balde
- Chinese: 桶
- Croatian: vjedro
- Czech: kbelík
- Danish: spand
- Dutch: emmer
- European Spanish: cubo contenido
- Finnish: sanko
- French: seau
- German: Eimer
- Greek: κουβάς
- Italian: secchio
- Japanese: バケツ
- Korean: 양동이
- Norwegian: spann
- Polish: wiadro
- European Portuguese: balde
- Romanian: găleată
- Russian: ведро
- Latin American Spanish: cubo balde
- Swedish: hink
- Thai: ถัง
- Turkish: kova
- Ukrainian: відро
- Vietnamese: xô
Source
Definition of pail from the
Collins English Dictionary
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