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flask
(flăsk)n.
1. A small container, such as a bottle, having a narrow neck and usually a cap, especially:
a. A flat, relatively thin container for liquor.
b. A container or case for carrying gunpowder or shot.
c. A vial or round long-necked vessel for laboratory use.
2. A frame for holding a sand mold in a foundry.
[Middle English, cask, keg, from Old French flasque, from Late Latin flascō, of Germanic origin.]
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flask
(flɑːsk)n
1. a bottle with a narrow neck, esp used in a laboratory or for wine, oil, etc
2. Also called: hip flask a small flattened container of glass or metal designed to be carried in a pocket, esp for liquor
3. (Historical Terms) See powder flask
4. (Metallurgy) a container packed with sand to form a mould in a foundry
5. See vacuum flask
6. (General Engineering) engineering Also called: cask or coffin a container used for transporting irradiated nuclear fuel
[C14: from Old French flasque, flaske, from Medieval Latin flasca, flasco, perhaps of Germanic origin; compare Old English flasce, flaxe]
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flask
(flæsk, flɑsk)n.
1. a bottle, usu. of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck.
2. a flat bottle for carrying in the pocket.
3. an iron container for shipping mercury, holding a standard commercial unit of 76 lb. (34 kg).
4. a container into which sand is rammed around a pattern to form a mold.
[1375–1425; late Middle English: cask, keg < Anglo-French, Old French flaske < Late Latin flasca, of uncertain orig.; compare flagon]
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flask
(flăsk) A rounded container with a long neck, used in laboratories.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() ampulla - a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped canteen - a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers Erlenmeyer flask - a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck hipflask, pocket flask - a flask that holds spirits round-bottom flask - a spherical flask with a narrow neck vacuum bottle, vacuum flask - flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures |
2. | flask - the quantity a flask will hold containerful - the quantity that a container will hold |
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flask
noun vessel, bottle, container, Thermos flask (trademark), hip flask, vacuum flask He took out a metal flask from his bag.
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Translations
دَوْرَق للشرابقَارُورَةقارورَهقنينَه
čutoraláhevtermoska
flaskelommelærketermoflaskefeltflaske
termospullo
pljoska
lombik
flaskahitabrúsipeli
魔法瓶
플라스크
termosas
karafekolbaplakanpudeletermoss
termosflaska
กระติกน้ำร้อนหรือน้ำเย็น
bình rượu nhỏ mang theo người
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
flask
[ˈflɑːsk ˈflæsk] n (also vacuum flask) → bouteille f thermos®
(for brandy) → flasque f
(CHEMISTRY) (used in laboratories) → ballon m
(for nuclear waste) → château m (de transport)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flask
n → Flakon m; (Chem) → Glaskolben m; (for spirits, carried in pocket) → Flachmann m (inf), → Reiseflasche f; (= vacuum flask) → Thermosflasche f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flask
[flɑːsk] n (for brandy) → fiaschetta (also vacuum flask) → thermos ® m inv (Chem) → pallone m, beutaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flask
(flaːsk) noun1. a container in which drinks can be carried. a flask of whisky.
2. a vacuum flask. The workmen carried flasks of tea.
3. a bottle, usually with a narrow neck.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
flask
→ قَارُورَة čutora flaske Thermosflasche φλασκί frasco termospullo gourde pljoska borraccia 魔法瓶 플라스크 flacon feltflaske piersiówka frasco фляга termosflaska กระติกน้ำร้อนหรือน้ำเย็น cep matarası bình rượu nhỏ mang theo người 保温瓶Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
flask
n. frasco, pomo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012