Definitions for pailful

pailful pail·ful

Spelling: [peyl-foo l]
IPA: /ˈpeɪlˌfʊl/

Pailful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in pailful (afillpu).

Definitions for pailful

noun

  1. a quantity sufficient to fill a pail:

Origin of pailful

First recorded in 1585-95; pail + -ful

Examples for pailful

"I have just spilled a pailful of milk on the ground," sobbed Kate.

If at first it runs thick and discoloured, draw off a pailful or two, and pour it back again into the mash tub till it runs clear.

Apply at least a pailful of water every day, in warm weather.

Receive a pailful of the first running, and throw it again upon the malt.

Besides, I have a pailful of the sunshine to use with future pancakes.

For use, to a pailful of this liquid add a pailful of warm water.

I might have got over myself, but could not manage the pailful, also.

She got so scared she dropped her pailful of milk and ran to the house.

Miss Paysley (with conviction)You drink it in by the pailful!

It put the fire out in a minute, and directly it came down by the pailful.

Word Value for pailful
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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