Vessel Definition

vĕsəl
vessels
noun
vessels
A vase, bowl, pot, kettle, or other such utensil for holding something.
Webster's New World
A person thought of as being the receiver or repository of some spirit or influence.
A vessel of wrath.
Webster's New World
A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.
American Heritage
An airship.
American Heritage
Any relatively large watercraft.
Webster's New World
verb
(obsolete) To put into a vessel.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Vessel

Noun

Singular:
vessel
Plural:
vessels

Origin of Vessel

  • From Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau), from Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin vāscellum diminutive of Latin vāsculum diminutive of vās vessel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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