Pail
A bucket is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail.A bucket is usually an open-top container. In contrast, a pail can have a top or lid and is a shipping container. In common usage, the two terms are often used interchangeably.
Pale (adjective)
Light in color.
“I have pale yellow wallpaper.”
“She had pale skin because she didn’t get much sunlight.”
Pale (adjective)
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
“His face turned pale after hearing about his mother’s death.”
Pale (adjective)
Feeble, faint.
“He is but a pale shadow of his former self.”
Pale (verb)
To turn pale; to lose colour.
Pale (verb)
To become insignificant.
Pale (verb)
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
Pale (verb)
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
Pale (noun)
Paleness; pallor.
Pale (noun)
A wooden stake; a picket.
Pale (noun)
Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
Pale (noun)
Limits, bounds (especially before of).
Pale (noun)
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
Pale (noun)
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
Pale (noun)
A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
Pale (noun)
The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
Pale (noun)
The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
Pale (noun)
The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
Pale (noun)
A cheese scoop.
Pale (noun)
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
Pail (noun)
A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle — used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
“The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.”
Pail (noun)
(In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
Pale (adjective)
light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment
“choose pale floral patterns for walls”
Pale (adjective)
(of a person or their complexion) having less colour than usual, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health
“she looked pale and drawn”
Pale (adjective)
(of a light) not strong or bright
“a pale dawn”
Pale (adjective)
inferior or unimpressive
“the new cheese is a pale imitation of continental cheeses”
Pale (verb)
become pale in one’s face from shock or fear
“I paled at the thought of what she might say”
Pale (verb)
seem or become less important
“all else pales by comparison”
Pale (noun)
a wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.
Pale (noun)
a conceptual boundary
“bring these things back within the pale of decency”
Pale (noun)
an area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
Pale (noun)
another term for English Pale
Pale (noun)
the areas of Russia to which Jewish residence was formerly restricted.
Pale (noun)
a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.