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flask
1[ flask, flahsk ]
noun
- a bottle, usually of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck, used especially in laboratory experimentation.
- a flat metal or glass bottle for carrying in the pocket:
a flask of brandy.
- an iron container for shipping mercury, holding a standard commercial unit of 76 pounds (34 kilograms).
- Metallurgy. a container into which sand is rammed around a pattern to form a mold.
flask
2[ flask, flahsk ]
noun
, Ordnance.
- the armored plates making up the sides of a gun-carriage trail.
- Obsolete. the bed of a gun carriage.
flask
/ flɑːsk /
noun
- a bottle with a narrow neck, esp used in a laboratory or for wine, oil, etc
- Also calledhip flask a small flattened container of glass or metal designed to be carried in a pocket, esp for liquor
- See powder flask
- a container packed with sand to form a mould in a foundry
- See vacuum flask
- Also calledcaskcoffin engineering a container used for transporting irradiated nuclear fuel
flask
/ flăsk /
- A rounded container with a long neck, used in laboratories.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flask1
C14: from Old French flasque, flaske , from Medieval Latin flasca, flasco , perhaps of Germanic origin; compare Old English flasce, flaxe
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