flask
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[ flask, flahsk ]
/ flæsk, flɑsk /
noun
a bottle, usually of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck, used especially in laboratory experimentation.
a flat metal or glass bottle for carrying in the pocket: a flask of brandy.
an iron container for shipping mercury, holding a standard commercial unit of 76 pounds (34 kg).
Metallurgy.
a container into which sand is rammed around a pattern to form a mold.
Origin of flask
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1375–1425; late Middle English: cask, keg < Anglo-French, Old French
flaske < Late Latin
flasca, earlier
flascō, of uncertain origin; compare Old English
flasce, flaxe, Old High German
flasca (German
flasche); cf.
flagon
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Definition for flask (2 of 2)
flask
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[ flask, flahsk ]
/ flæsk, flɑsk /
noun Ordnance.
the armored plates making up the sides of a gun-carriage trail.
Obsolete.
the bed of a gun carriage.
Origin of flask
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British Dictionary definitions for flask
flask
/ (flɑːsk) /
noun
a bottle with a narrow neck, esp used in a laboratory or for wine, oil, etc
Also called: hip flask
a small flattened container of glass or metal designed to be carried in a pocket, esp for liquor
See powder flask
a container packed with sand to form a mould in a foundry
See vacuum flask
Also called: cask, coffin engineering
a container used for transporting irradiated nuclear fuel
Word Origin for flask
C14: from Old French
flasque, flaske, from Medieval Latin
flasca, flasco, perhaps of Germanic origin; compare Old English
flasce, flaxe
Scientific definitions for flask
flask
[ flăsk ]
A rounded container with a long neck, used in laboratories.