pail

«pail» in Mova's school dictionary: a bucket: a round container with a handle for carrying… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pail, pails)

meaning for a pupil

A pail is a bucket: a round container with a handle for carrying water, milk or sand. tree →

sense in the lessons

Mostly used in the US, in old stories and nursery rhymes («Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water»). In maths problems pails hold amounts of water to add, share or measure. Phrases: «a pail of water», «a milk pail».

examples

• Jack and Jill went to fetch a pail of water. tree →
• The farmer filled the pail with milk. tree →
• We took a pail and shovel to the beach. tree →
• Each pail holds 5 litres of water. tree →
• The pail was full of shells. tree →
• Carry the pail carefully so it doesn't spill. tree →
• She emptied the pail into the trough. tree →
• A pail of sand was kept near the fire. tree →
• He found a pail that was quite full. tree →

note

Homophone: «pale» (light in colour, or ill-looking). Same meaning as «bucket», which is more common in the UK and Australia. In maths, «3 pails of 5 litres» = 15 litres.

In the corpora

• His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.