vessel
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vessel
- /ˈvɛsəl/ US, UK
- [ˈvɛsɫ̩] US, UK
- /ˈvesəl/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛsəl
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).
noun vessels · vessell
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Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
Similar: watercraft
- A craft designed for transportation through air or space. Driven from their home system by the geth nearly three centuries ago, most quarians now live aboard the Migrant Fleet, a flotilla of fifty thousand vessels ranging in size from passenger shuttles to mobile space stations.
- Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. All his Vessell was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis.
- A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
- A person as a container of qualities or feelings. A teacher should be a vessel of knowledge.
- A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.
Similar: vessel
verb vessels · vesseling · vesselling · vesseled · vesselled
- To put into a vessel. 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,” Our hony alſo is taken and reputed to be the beſt bycauſe it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer veſſelled vp, thẽ that which cõmeth from beyond the ſea, where they
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: watercraft, vas, ship, barge, houseboat, boat, motorboat, yacht, shipboard, skiff, shipbuilding, sailboat, cruiser, sailing, tugboat, freeboard
noun
Similar: vessel
Translations
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noun craft
| Español | embarcación, barco, casco, bajel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배 bae, 선박 seonbak |
| 日本語 | 船舶 senpaku |
| 中文 | 船隻 /船只 chuánzhī, 船 chuán |
| हिन्दी | पोत pot |
| Português | barco, navio, embarcação |
| Français | vaisseau |
| Deutsch | Schiff, Boot, Wasserfahrzeug |
| Italiano | vascello, imbarcazione, bastimento, nave, barca, barcone |
| Ελληνικά | σκάφος skáfos, πλοίο ploío |
| Română | ambarcațiune, vas |
| Русский | су́дно súdno, кора́бль koráblʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thuyền lớn, tàu thuỷ, tàu |
| العربية | فُلْك fulk |
noun container
| Español | recipiente, vaso, vasija, cascajo, tiesto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 그릇 geureut, 용기 yonggi |
| 日本語 | 容器 yōki |
| 中文 | 容器 róngqì |
| हिन्दी | पात्र pātra, बर्तन bartan |
| Português | vasilha, vaso, reservatório, recipiente |
| Français | récipient, vaisseau, vase |
| Deutsch | Gefäß, Behälter, Behältnis |
| Italiano | recipiente, contenitore, brocca, caraffa, bricco, cuccuma |
| Ελληνικά | σκεύος skévos, δοχείο docheío, αγγείο angeío |
| Română | recipient, vas |
| Русский | сосу́д sosúd |
| Tiếng Việt | vò, hũ |
| العربية | وِعَاء wiʕāʔ |
| עברית | כְּלִי kli |
Talk about this word "vessel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vessel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vessel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vessel "vessel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vessel.Cite this
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title = {vessel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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