vessel

ves·sel

A cruise ship is a type of vessel.

noun

The definition of a vessel is a large ship or boat. It also refers to a container, especially one that is used to hold liquids.

An example of a vessel is a cruise ship.
An example of a vessel is a pot of water.

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vessel

a vase, bowl, pot, kettle, or other such utensil for holding something
Bible a person thought of as being the receiver or repository of some spirit or influence: a vessel of wrath
any relatively large watercraft
1. 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

Origin of vessel

Middle English from Old French vaissel from Late Latin vascellum, diminutive of Classical Latin vas, vessel

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vessel

noun

A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.
a. Nautical A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.
b. An airship.
Anatomy A duct, canal, or other tube that contains or conveys a body fluid: a blood vessel.
Botany One of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants.
A person seen as the agent or embodiment, as of a quality: a vessel of mercy.

Origin of vessel

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

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A blood vessel.
A long, continuous column made of the lignified walls of dead vessel elements, along which water flows in the xylem of angiosperms.

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Noun

(plural vessels)

(nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
A container of liquid, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
(biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
Blood or lymph vessels in humans, xylem or phloem vessels in plants.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present vessels, present participle vesselling, simple past and past participle vesselled)

(obsolete) To put into a vessel.

Origin

From Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau), from Latin vÄscellum, diminutive of vÄsculum, diminutive of vÄs (“vessel").

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vessel - Medical Definition

n.

A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.
Anatomy A duct, canal, or other tube that contains or conveys a body fluid: a blood vessel.