Flask

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flask \Flask\ (fl[a^]sk or fl[.a]sk), n. [AS. flasce, flaxe;
     akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw.
     flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of
     uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr.
     fla`skh, fla`skwn, fla`skion. Cf. {Flagon}, {Flasket}.]
     1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a


        flask of oil or wine.
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     2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various
        purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of
        wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat
        water in, etc.
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     3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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     4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand,
        etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of
        two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the
        cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When
        there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three
        part flask, four part flask, etc.
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     {Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and
        cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents
        laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from
        Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.
  
     {Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.]
        (a) Same as {Betty}, n., 3.
        (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or
            flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating
            solutions.
  
     {Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered
        with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flask
       n 1: bottle that has a narrow neck
       2: the quantity a flask will hold [syn: {flaskful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "flask":
     calabash, canteen, carafe, carboy, caster, cruet, cruse, decanter,
     demijohn, ewer, fifth, flacon, flagon, flasket, gourd, hipflask,
     hot-water bottle, jar, jeroboam, jug, lota, magnum, mussuk, olla,
     phial, stoup, vacuum bottle, vial