Box and Pail

Box

Box noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.
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Synonyms for Box

Pail and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pail" instead a noun "Box".

Nearby Word: boxed

Pail

Pail noun - A round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle.
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Synonyms for Pail

Box and pail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead a noun "Pail".

Nearby Word: pailful

Both words in one sentence

  • After this film came a truly amazing streak of flops; with the exception of Teen Wolf Too (which even then was critically panned), nearly every movie released by Atlantic after The Garbage Pail Kids Movie flopped at the box office.
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