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flask
- /ˈflɑːsk/ UK
- /flask/ Northern England, Scotland
- /ˈflæsk/ US
Rhymes with -æsk
Where it comes from
From Middle English flask, flaske (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) and Medieval Latin flascō (“bottle”); from Frankish *flaskā; both from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”), or from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of fiasco, flacon, and flagon.
Related to Dutch fles; also German Low German Flaske, Fless, German Flasche, Danish flaske; also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský, Albanian flashkët.
The sense “laboratory glassware” is from Italian fiasco, and the sense “container for holding a casting mold” is from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above.
noun flasks
- 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.
- A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
- Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
- A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
- A bed in a gun carriage.
- A nuclear flask, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport of nuclear material. Over the years, the railway has been the safest way to move hazardous chemicals, radioactive waste, fuel for Royal Navy nuclear submarines and imported fuel for reprocessing, as well as flasks containing fuel rods to and from British power stations.
- A small bottle of liquor.
verb flasks · flasking · flasked
- To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: flaskful, beaker, canister, glass, vial, jar, bottle, bulb, bubbler, ball, booze, ampoule, balloon, vessel, ether, container
Translations
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noun container for a small amount of beverage
| Español | petaca, licorera disfrazada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플라스크 peullaseukeu |
| 日本語 | 水筒 suitō, フラスコ furasuko |
| 中文 | 水壺 /水壶 shuǐhú, 長頸瓶 /长颈瓶 chángjǐngpíng |
| हिन्दी | फ़्लास्क flāsk |
| Kiswahili | chupa |
| Português | frasco |
| Français | flacon, flasque |
| Deutsch | Flasche |
| Italiano | fiaschetta, boccetta |
| Ελληνικά | φλασκί flaskí, παγούρι pagoúri |
| Română | flacon |
| Русский | фля́жка fljážka, фля́га fljága |
| العربية | دَوْرَق dawraq |
noun container to carry a small amount of alcoholic beverage; pocket flask
| Español | petaca |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 方瓶 fāngpíng, 扁瓶 biǎnpíng |
| Français | flasque |
| Deutsch | Flachmann, Taschenflasche |
| Română | flacon, sticluță |
| Русский | фля́жка fljážka |
| العربية | زَمْزَمِيَّة zamzamiyya, قَارُورَة qārūra |
| עברית | בקבוקון כיס שטוח, בקבוק אלכוהול אישי לכיס |
noun laboratory glassware
| Español | matraz, redoma |
|---|---|
| Português | frasco |
| Français | fiole |
| Deutsch | Kolben, Flakon |
| Ελληνικά | φλασκί flaskí |
| Русский | ко́лба kólba, флако́н flakón |
noun container for holding a (sand) casting mold
| Deutsch | Formkasten |
|---|---|
| Русский | опо́ка opóka |
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title = {flask},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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