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dry pails

dry pails is the plural of dry pail.

dry pails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dry pail.

Meaning of dry pail

Noun

dry pail (plural dry pails)

  1. A small basket or bucket or hanging wet bag, usually with holes to allow for airflow and sometimes without a lid, used to store soiled cloth diapers or, very rarely, disposable diapers; a diaper pail without water or cleaning solution.
    • Other people have recommended a wastebasket with a tight-fitting lid. We didn't think at the time that that would provide enough odor containment; now I think that it would, for a dry pail system.2011, Peggy Wilson, The Naturally Frugal Baby, 2 edition, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 93

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Questions about dry pails

What is dry pails the plural of?
Dry pails is the plural of dry pail.

Words near dry pails in the dictionary

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  7. dry painting
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  9. dry pipe valve
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  11. Dry Plain

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