pail

Definition of pail

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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).

“The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.”

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noun

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).

“The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.”
A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

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Etymology

From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of an uncertain origin. Likely from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *pagil,…

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From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of an uncertain origin. Likely from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *pagil, from Proto-Indo-European *bak- (“peg, club”), equivalent to peg + -le. Compare West Frisian pegel (“liquid measure, fourth of a litre, half-pint”), German Pegel (“level of liquid, level”), Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”). Doublet of peil. Alternatively from Old French paielle (“frying pan, warming pan; a liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“small pan, shallow dish, platter”), diminutive of patina (“broad shallow pan, stewpan”). Perhaps a conflation of both.

Anagrams of pail

5 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play lipa 6 points

Words you can make from pail

15 playable · top: LIPA (6 pts)

Best play lipa 6 points

4-letter words

2 words

3-letter words

6 words

2-letter words

6 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 1 front · 1 back

A single letter you can add to pail to make another valid word.

Front

SPAIL 7 pts

Back

PAILS 7 pts