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noun
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
Also called thermos bottle.
Origin:
1905–10; formerly a trademark
1905–10; formerly a trademark
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Thermos
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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World English Dictionary
| Thermos or Thermos flask (ˈθɜːməs) | |
| —n | |
| trademark See also Dewar flask a type of stoppered vacuum flask used to preserve the temperature of its contents | |
| Thermos flask or Thermos flask | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
Thermos
trademark registered in Britain 1907, invented by Sir James Dewar (patented 1904 but not named then), from Gk. thermos "hot" (see thermal). Dewar built the first one in 1892, but it was first manufactured commercially in Germany in 1904, when two glass blowers formed Thermos
EXPANDGmbH. Supposedly the company sponsored a contest to name the thing, and a Munich resident won with a submission of Thermos.
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