Word Type

Noun

The word "pail" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

barn dairy garage garden hardware store playpen store utility room wishing well

Derived Terms

diaper pail dry pail garbage pail hand in one's dinner pail ice-pail lunch pail lunch pail Democrat nappy pail pailful slop-pail swill-pail wet pail

Derived From

peg

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

containerful vessel

Type Of (IsA)

bucket container containerful metal bucket

Related Terms

beach beach bucket bucket handle liquid shovel vessel water water bucket

Synonym Network

bucket

Used For

bail water carry water carrying liquids carrying things carrying water defecation holding beach sand holding liquid holding ocean water holding rinse water holding soapy water holding things holding water milking cow playing on beach transport liquid or another substance watering garden

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.