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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats

Meaning of "pail" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PAIL

Old English pægel; compare Catalan paella frying pan, paella.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PAIL

pail  [peɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pail is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pail in the English dictionary

The definition of pail in the dictionary is a bucket, esp one made of wood or metal. Other definition of pail is Also called: pailful. the quantity that fills a pail.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAIL


ale
eɪl
cocktail
ˈkɒkˌteɪl
dale
deɪl
detail
ˈdiːteɪl
e-mail
ˈiːmeɪl
fail
feɪl
female
ˈfiːmeɪl
mail
meɪl
male
meɪl
nail
neɪl
retail
ˈriːteɪl
sale
seɪl
scale
skeɪl
tail
teɪl
tale
teɪl
thumbnail
ˈθʌmˌneɪl
trail
treɪl
travail
ˈtræveɪl
vale
veɪl
wholesale
ˈhəʊlˌseɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAIL

paid
paid-in capital
paid-up
paigle
Paignton
paik
pailful
paillard
paillasse
paillette
paillon
pain
pain barrier
pain clinic
pain control
pain in the arse
pain in the neck
pain relief
Paine
pained

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAIL

Abigail
ail
avail
bail
get out of jail
go into detail
Grail
hail
Holy Grail
in detail
nose to tail
on the nail
ponytail
prevail
rail
Royal Mail
sail
snail
vail
webmail

Synonyms and antonyms of pail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAIL

Find out the translation of pail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cubo
570 millions of speakers

English

pail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाल्टी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دَلْوٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ведро
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

balde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

seau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

baldi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eimer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バケツ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양동이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாத்திரத்திலிருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kova
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiadro
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відро
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

găleată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουβάς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

emmer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hink
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pail

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAIL»

The term «pail» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.268 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pail» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pail» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pail

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4 QUOTES WITH «PAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pail.
1
Hank Aaron
You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
2
George Washington Carver
Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.
3
Robert Moog
One always has to remember these days where the garbage pail is, because it's so easy to make sounds, and to put sounds together into something that appears to be music, but it's just as hard as it always was to make good music.
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William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAIL»

Discover the use of pail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mail by the Pail
A young girl learns how the birthday card she makes for her father will get to him as he works on a freighter carrying coal on Lake Michigan.
Colin Bergel, 2000
2
Garbage Pail Kids
But the real reason to buy this book is for the graphic brilliance of the art itself…" —Boston Phoenix
The Topps Company, 2012
3
The Puddle Pail
When his older green brother suggests that he collect things, Ernst, a young blue crocodile, comes up with an unusual choice: puddles.
Elisa Kleven, 2009
4
It Started with a Pail
Litch was writting blogs before the world knew what a blog was. This book is a collection of stories - smiles - and memories -excerpts from over a thousand Litchko Newletters.
Don Litchko, 2013
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The Curse of the Holy Pail
Every owner of the vintage Chappy Wheeler lunchbox--a prototype based on the 1940s TV western--has died and now Sterling Price, a wealthy client of Odelia Grey's law firm, has been fatally poisoned and his one-of-a kind lunchbox has ...
Sue Ann Jaffarian, 2007
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From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail: The Transformation of ...
In From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner-Pail, the historian Charles W. Calhoun provides a brief, elegant overview of the transformation in national governance and its concerns in the Gilded Age.
Charles W. Calhoun, 2010
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The granite pail: the selected poems of Lorine Niedecker
Poetry. Edited by Cid Corman. The section headings in this book of poems are all vintage Niedecker, but they stake out the poems in three large masses.
Lorine Niedecker, Cid Corman, 1996
8
A Pail of Oysters
Corruption of Formosan government under Chiang Kai-Shek.
Vern Sneider, 1953
9
The Cirty of the Dinner-Pail
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Jonathan Thayer Lincoln, 2009
10
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
Nigel Croser. Mi]kmai The Q and Her Pail Annie White Nigel CrOS i If, Published by Era Publications 220 Grange Road, Flinders Park, SA. Front Cover.
Nigel Croser, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pail is used in the context of the following news items.
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The cats come out at night
Along with Fosness, they tell one river story after another — the disastrous flood of 2012, the rubber-ducky races in years past, the red pail that ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Weekend: Make sure to check your garden for pests, take action
Bagworms can be controlled by pulling the bags off of the trees by hand and squishing them between your fingers, or by placing them in a pail ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
3
Hard work defines Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech football
A lunch pail. This is the symbol of Beamer and his program. Blue-collar approach, no shortcuts, hard work and understanding the ingredients to ... «Journal and Courier, Jul 15»
4
Mis-Summer Night Adventure Aug. 8 offers a celestial treat
ADVERTISEMENT. Grab your chisel, pail and flashlight – your chance to dig up fossils and observe faraway stars is around the corner. On Aug. «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
5
GALLAGHER: Ugly Lamp lights the way -- or greases skids -- for …
... from Storm Lake, claimed Grand Champion honors and a $75 prize for turning an old Farm Service grease pail and grease gun into a lamp. «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
6
Restaurant review: Brown Hound Bistro
7:11 A charming mini-pail of bread with a metal ramekin of olive oil is dropped off. 7:13 We're ready to place our orders. Our initial drinks will be ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Restaurant Inspections
Test each time and clean pail in between uses so fresh solution holds residual. Autofeed at 200 ppm . CORRECTED Lettuce on self serve ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»
8
Only the puck was black: A story of race and the NHL
Coached by Don Cherry and nicknamed the "lunch-pail gang" for their scrappy style of play, they were the team of Boston's working people. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Moms of Stillwater column: Cast out of town
On his third birthday he asked for a minnow pail and a net. On his fourth birthday he began his tackle collection (which is worth more than all of ... «Stillwater Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Chambliss Ignores Constitution and Law; Calls for Snowden to be …
In the absence of such a process, it is beyond the pail that a former U.S. representative and senator who has sworn an oath to the U.S. ... «The New American, Jul 15»

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