About The Word Flask

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Flask

Flask Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Flask?
[n] bottle that has a narrow neck
[n] the quantity a flask will hold Synonyms | Synonyms for Flask: flaskful Related Terms | Find terms related to Flask: 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 See Also | ampulla | bottle | canteen | containerful | Erlenmeyer flask | hipflask | pocket flask | round-bottom flask | vacuum bottle | vacuum flask Flask In Webster's Dictionary \Flask\, n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG.
flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF.
flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. ?, ?, ?. Cf. {Flagon},
{Flasket}.]
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. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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.
{Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and
cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents
laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from
Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.
{Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.]
(a) Same as {Betty}, n., 3.
(b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or
flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating
solutions.
{Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered
with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.
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