n.

1. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
2. The amount that a pail can hold.

[Middle English paile, probably from Old French paele, warming pan, perhaps from Latin patella, small pan. See paella.]

pailful pail'ful' n.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top.

Education is not just the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire. — B. F. Skinner

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
  Synonym: bucket

Meaning #2: the quantity contained in a pail
  Synonym: pailful

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - spand

Nederlands (Dutch)
emmer, een emmervol

Français (French)
n. - seau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eimer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ξύλινος) κάδος, κουβάς, μαστέλο

Italiano (Italian)
secchio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - balde (m)

Русский (Russian)
ведро

Español (Spanish)
n. - cubo, balde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hink, spann, ämbar

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
桶, 提桶

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 桶, 提桶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 들통, 원통형 용기, 한 들통의 양

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手おけ, バケツ, 手おけ一杯

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دلو, سطل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דלי‬

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