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Definition of "pails" [pails]

  • Plural form of pail. (noun)

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Use "pails" in a sentence
  • "From the hardware store: small paint brushes packets of seeds inexpensive gardening tools for kids who need to dig small tin pails for the sandbox small hammers or screwdrivers for the budding carpenter (or for Dad, whose regular tools have been borrowed too many times) spring-themed cookie cutters small potted plant or herbs that the children can plant outside"
  • "And on the southeast corner is a benefit for the Red Cross, a display of live calves for city kids to pet, next to a truck selling fresh milk in pails, three little girls parading through the Jardin carrying placards touting the benefits of drinking milk."
  • "For drinking water she dipped it in pails out of the Neva river which runs through the heart of the city."