Flask meaning
A small container, such as a bottle, having a narrow neck and usually a cap, especially:
- A flat, relatively thin container for liquor.
- A container or case for carrying gunpowder or shot.
- A vial or round long-necked vessel for laboratory use.
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The frame for a mold of sand in a foundry.
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A frame for holding a sand mold in a foundry.
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Any small, bottle-shaped container with a narrow neck, used in laboratories, etc.
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A small, flattened container for liquor, etc., to be carried in the pocket.
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A rounded container with a long neck, used in laboratories.
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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A bed in a gun carriage.
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Origin of flask
- Middle English cask, keg from Old French flasque from Late Latin flascō of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English flask (“cask, keg”), from flaske (“case”), from Anglo-Norman flascon, from Late Latin flascō (“bottle”), from Frankish *flasko (whence also Dutch fles), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”) (whence also Old English flaxe, flasce, German Flasche), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”) (whence also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský).
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