Noun pail has 2 senses
  1. bucket, pail - a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
    --1 is a kind of vessel
    --1 is a part of waterwheel, water wheel
    --1 has particulars:
     cannikin; dinner pail, dinner bucket; dredging bucket; kibble; slop pail, slop jar; wine bucket, wine cooler
  2. pail, pailful - the quantity contained in a pail
    --2 is a kind of containerful
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