Definition of pails Pails
/pejˈlz/ - [peylz] -
We found 3 definitions of pails from 2 different sources.
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What does pails mean?
Wiktionary 
- pails (Noun)
Plural of pail.
Part of speech
🔤- pails, noun, plural of pail.
WordNet
NounPlural: pails |
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| pail - the quantity contained in a pail | ||
| pailful | ||
| pail - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top | ||
| bucket | ||
| vessel a craft designed for water transportation | ||
| water wheel, waterwheel a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine | ||
| cannikin a small can | ||
| dinner bucket, dinner pail a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner | ||
| dredging bucket a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed | ||
| kibble an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining | ||
| slop jar, slop pail a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pail (n.)
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pail
pāl, n. an open vessel of wood, &c., for holding or carrying liquids.—n. Pail′ful, as much as fills a pail. [O. Fr. paile, paele—L. patella, a pan, dim. of patera—patēre, to be open.]
Part of speech
🔤- pail, noun, singular of pails.
