pail
gb/pˈeɪl/ us/pˈeɪl/
B1
English
~ 9600
vödör, vödörnyi
NOUN
B1
1
vödör
A2
Usage pattern:
[someone] carries [something] in a pail
She filled the pail with water from the well.
Telemerte vízzel a vödröt a kútból.
The child carried a bright red sand pail down to the beach.
A gyerek egy élénkpiros homokozóvödröt vitt le a strandra.
He knocked over the pail and muddy water spilled across the floor.
Please empty the trash pail before you leave.
A metal pail hung from the handle of the old hand pump.
Learner examples
He carried a pail of water to the house.
Egy vödör vizet vitt a házhoz.
The little girl played with her pail in the sand.
A kislány a vödrével játszott a homokban.
I put the food scraps in the trash pail.
She washed the floor with a pail and a mop.
There is a blue pail behind the door.
Common mistake:
Learners often confuse "pail" with "pale" (the adjective meaning "light in color" or "not strong"). They may also not realize that in modern English, especially in everyday speech, "bucket" is more common than "pail", and the two words are usually interchangeable when talking about this kind of container.
Meaning
round container with a handle
Collocations
water pail
|trash pail
|sand pail
|milk pail
|slop pail
|a pail of water
Synonyms
bucket (More common in everyday English; often interchangeable, though 'bucket' sounds slightly more modern and general than 'pail'.)
|
container (More general; not limited to round shapes or to having a handle.)
Themes
daily life
|home
|tools
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
A round container with a handle that you use to carry things like water, sand, or trash.
A round, usually metal or plastic container with a handle, used for carrying liquids or loose materials such as water, sand, or garbage.
NOUN
B2
2
vödörnyi
B1
Usage pattern:
a pail of [liquid or substance]
The farmer brought in three pails of milk from the barn.
A gazda három vödörnyi tejet hozott be az istállóból.
They used several pails of sand to weigh down the tent.
Több vödörnyi homokkal nehezítették le a sátrat.
She poured a pail of water over the campfire to make sure it was out.
Workers carried pails of cement up the stairs all morning.
We needed only one pail of paint to cover the whole fence.
Learner examples
He carried two pails of water from the river.
Két vödörnyi vizet vitt a folyótól.
The cows give many pails of milk every day.
A tehenek mindennap sok vödörnyi tejet adnak.
We filled a pail of sand for the sandbox.
She brought a pail of clean water into the house.
He mixed a pail of cement outside.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes forget the preposition "of" and say *"a pail water" instead of "a pail of water". They may also confuse this quantity sense with the container itself; context usually shows whether the focus is on the amount ("three pails of water") or the object ("an old metal pail").
Meaning
amount that fills one pail
Collocations
a pail of water
|two pails of milk
|several pails of sand
|a pail of feed
|a pail of slop
|carry pails of [something]
Synonyms
bucketful (Informal; refers to the same kind of quantity but is formed from "bucket" instead of "pail" and is more common in everyday speech.)
|
containerful (More general and less common; refers to however much a given container can hold, not specifically a pail.)
Themes
measurement
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
An amount of something that is enough to fill one pail.
The quantity of a substance that a pail can hold when it is full.
Grammar
Dictionary form
pail
IPA
GB/pˈeɪl/
US/pˈeɪl/
Syllables & stress
pail (1 syllable)
Stress on 1st syllable (pail)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: pail
- Plural: pails
Word family
Forms
pails
noun
Related words
pailful
noun
bucket
noun A2
Expressions
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