Flask
Definition of Flask
| n. | 1. | A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine. | | 2. | A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. | | 3. | A bed in a gun carriage. | | 4. | (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc. |
Related Words
calabash, canteen, carafe, carboy, caster, cruet, cruse, decanter, demijohn, ewer, fifth, flacon, flagon, flasket, gourd, hipflask, hot-water bottle, jar, jeroboam, jug, lota, magnum, mussuk, olla, phial, stoup, vacuum bottle, vial
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