flask

any small, bottle-shaped container with a narrow neck, used in laboratories, etc.
a small, flattened container for liquor, etc., to be carried in the pocket
the frame for a mold of sand in a foundry

Origin of flask

Middle English from Medieval Latin flasco and Old English flasce, both from Late Latin flasco (gen. flasconis) from flasca from Germanic an unverified form flasko, bottle, wicker-enclosed jug, probably from base of Old High German flechtan, to weave: for Indo-European base see flax

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flask

noun

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.
A frame for holding a sand mold in a foundry.

Origin of flask

Middle English cask, keg from Old French flasque from Late Latin flascō of Germanic origin

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A rounded container with a long neck, used in laboratories.

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Noun

(plural flasks)

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.
A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
(sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
(engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
A bed in a gun carriage.

Origin

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).

Sense 2 from Italian fiasco and sense 3 from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above.

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