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flask

1  [flask, flahsk]
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–noun
1. a bottle, usually of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck, used esp. in laboratory experimentation.
2. a flat metal or glass bottle for carrying in the pocket: a flask of brandy.
3. an iron container for shipping mercury, holding a standard commercial unit of 76 lb. (34 kg).
4. Metallurgy. a container into which sand is rammed around a pattern to form a mold.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME: cask, keg < AF, OF flaske < LL flasca, earlier flascō, of uncert. orig.; cf. OE flasce, flaxe, OHG flasca (G flasche); cf. flagon
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flask

2  [flask, flahsk]
–noun Ordnance.
1. the armored plates making up the sides of a gun-carriage trail.
2. Obsolete. the bed of a gun carriage.
Origin:
1570–80; < dial. F flasque cheek of a gun carriage < LL flasca flask 1
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flask   (flāsk)   
n.  

  1. A small container, such as a bottle, having a narrow neck and usually a cap, especially:

    1. A flat, relatively thin container for liquor.

    2. A container or case for carrying gunpowder or shot.

    3. A vial or round long-necked vessel for laboratory use.

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


[Middle English, cask, keg, from Old French flasque, from Late Latin flascō, of Germanic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

flask 
1355, from M.L. flasco "container, bottle," from L.L. flasconem "bottle," probably from a Gmc. source (cf. O.E. flasce, O.H.G. flaska, M.Du. flasce, Ger. Flasche "bottle"), probably originally meaning "a bottle plaited round, case bottle" (cf. O.H.G. flechtan "to weave," O.E. fleohtan "to braid, plait"), from P.Gmc. base *fleh- (see flax). Another theory traces it to a metathesis of L. vasculum.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1flask
Pronunciation: 'flask
Function: noun
: a container often somewhat narrowed toward the outlet and often fitted with a closure:as a : any of various usually blown-glass vessels used for technical purposes in a laboratory b : a metal container in which the materials used to form a dentalrestoration (as a denture) are processed

Main Entry: 2flask
Function: transitive verb
: to place (a denture) in a flask for processing
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Science Dictionary
flask   (flāsk)  Pronunciation Key 
A rounded container with a long neck, used in laboratories.
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