pail

From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /peɪl/, [pʰeɪ̯ɫ], [pʰeəɫ], enPR: pāl
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.jəl/, /peɪl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪl
• Homophone: pale

pail (plural pails)

1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   Synonym: bucket

   The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

• ALIP, Lipa, Pali, Piła, lipa, pali, pali-, pial, pila

From Latin pilus.

pail m

1. (body) hair

• capei