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vessel definition

ves·sel (ves′əl)

noun

  1. a utensil for holding something, as a vase, bowl, pot, kettle, etc.
  2. Bible a person thought of as being the receiver or repository of some spirit or influence a vessel of wrath
  3. any relatively large watercraft
    1. Anat., Zool. a tube or duct containing or circulating a body fluid a blood vessel
    2. Bot. a continuous, water-conducting tube in the xylem, composed of a row of nonliving cells whose end walls have disappeared

Etymology: ME < OFr vaissel < LL vascellum, dim. of L vas, vessel

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vessel Synonyms

vessel

n.

  1. A container

    pitcher, urn, kettle; see container.

  2. A ship

    boat, craft, bark; see ship.

  3. A duct; especially for blood

    blood vessel, vein, artery, capillary, canal; see also artery 2, vein 2.


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vessel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dilate: Other patients need laser surgery to remove dilated blood vessels.

Adjective modifier

  • naval: Naval vessels awaiting scrapping in the Camber in the early 1920s.

Modifies a noun

  • occlusion: Both types of retinal vessel occlusion cause a painless loss of vision.

Noun used with modifier

  • blood: The leaky blood vessels pour out protein rich exudate which causes swelling.

Preposition: in

  • retina: Both conditions are caused by damage to blood vessels in the retina.

Preposition: of

  • burthen: The pier, having been constructed in 1750, vessels of 150 tons burthen may ride here in safety.
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vessel quotes

   Earth receive an honoured guest; WilliamYeats is laid to rest: Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry.

-Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

-Bible (Old Testament)

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise,Peter; kill, and eat.

-Bible (NewTestament)

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