slop pail

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   a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot

   Synonymsslop jar

   Broaderbucket

Questions about slop pail

What does slop pail mean?

slop pail means "a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot".

What is another word for slop pail?

Close synonyms include slop jar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slop pail a common word?

slop pail is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.