thermos
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
Origin of thermos
1- Also called thermos bottle.
Words Nearby thermos
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How to use thermos in a sentence
We accompany the meal with a thermos of hot chocolate or tea.
This may sound silly, but you’ll thank us when you realize your new microwavable thermos doesn’t fit.
The best microwaves: This way for buttery popcorn and tempting leftovers | PopSci Commerce Team | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceStrain and refrigerate whatever you’re not putting into your thermos.
4 Hot Cocktail Recipes to Save Your Winter Social Life | AC Shilton | December 17, 2020 | Outside OnlineIf you have ten minutes to spare, fill your thermos with hot water and allow that inner wall to warm up.
Want to Get Outside All Winter? Bring Your Thermos. | AC Shilton | November 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineIf you prefer drinking out of a mug instead of a tumbler or thermos, but hate how quickly your tea gets cold, the Ember Smart Mug 2 is a dream come true.
Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day | PopSci Commerce Team | September 29, 2020 | Popular-Science
Even the humble espresso machine got bad press, despite being the size of a thermos cup and brought as a joke.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBack at the cabin we sit together on a log near the porch and drink bourbon and ice water out of the thermos cap.
Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean | Pete Dexter | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe once hit him over the head with a thermos in the back of a car because he was acting up so badly on a road trip.
Meghan McCain on Her Grandmother Roberta McCain’s 100th Birthday | Meghan McCain | February 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe does not drink water, only red wine from Domaine Tempier, Champagne, and a thermos of tisane before bed.
Just before he reached the car one of the thermos bottles started to slide down under his elbow.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerFoster reached forward and took a thermos bottle, his partner seized another.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerWe had found that a glass of very hot water relieved it, and we kept always a thermos bottle or two filled and ready.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHe pulled a thermos of coffee from under the desk and turned back to the confusion of red-coded memoranda on his desk.
Victory | Lester del ReyBig Jim spread a white napkin over his knee and poured a cup of steaming soup from the thermos bottle.
Still Jim | Honor Willsie Morrow
British Dictionary definitions for Thermos
Thermos flask
/ (ˈθɜːməs) /
trademark a type of stoppered vacuum flask used to preserve the temperature of its contents: See also Dewar flask
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