pail

pail
noun (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑bucket
ADJECTIVE
empty, full
five-gallon, ten-gallon
metal, plastic
garbage (AmE)

She threw all the scraps into a garbage pail.

diaper (AmE)
lunch (= for carrying your lunch) (AmE)
VERB + PAIL
fill

She filled the pail with fresh water.

carry
fetch, lug (informal)

Women in some villages had to trudge miles to fetch one pail of water.

PAIL + VERB
be full of sth, hold sth
overflow
PREPOSITION
in a/the pail
pail of

pails of soapy water

PHRASES
a shovel and pail (AmE)

The children played on the beach with their shovels and pails.

mop and pail

a worker equipped with a mop and pail


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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