1. A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
   "She carried a pail of milk from the barn";
   - bucket
    
2. The quantity contained in a pail
   "They collected a pail of berries";
   - pailful

Sounds like: paean, paeon, pai

Derived forms: pails

Type of: containerful, vessel

Part of: water wheel, waterwheel

Encyclopedia: Pail