Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pail

2 senses of pail

Sense 1
bucket, pail -- (a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top)
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 2
pail, pailful -- (the quantity contained in a pail)
       => containerful -- (the quantity that a container will hold)