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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x1)
- The farmer filled the pail with milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x2)
- We took a pail and shovel to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x3)
- Each pail holds 5 litres of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x4)
- The pail was full of shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x5)
- Carry the pail carefully so it doesn't spill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x6)
- She emptied the pail into the trough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x7)
- A pail of sand was kept near the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x8)
- He found a pail that was quite full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.552/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pail» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pail/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.