Definitions of Vessel [ˈvɛs əl]

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Definition of 'Vessel'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) vessel
a craft for traveling on water, esp. a fairly large one.

2.  vessel
a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, or pitcher, used for holding liquids or other contents.

3.  vessel
a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, conveying blood or some other body fluid.

4.  vessel
a water-conducting duct within the xylem of vascular plants, composed of connected cells without intervening partitions.

5.  vessel
a person regarded as a holder or receiver of a particular trait or quality:
a vessel of grace.

Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF vessel, va(i)ssel < L vāscellum, der. of vās (see vase ))

Definition of 'Vessel'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) vessel, vas
a tube in which a body fluid circulates

2. (noun) vessel, watercraft
a craft designed for water transportation

3. (noun) vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

Definition of 'Vessel'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Vessel
a hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc

2. (noun) Vessel
a general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel

3. (noun) Vessel
fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy

4. (noun) Vessel
any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc

5. (noun) Vessel
a continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct

6. (verb) Vessel
to put into a vessel

Translation of 'Vessel'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a container, usually for liquid a plastic vessel containing acid.
Afrikaans: houer	Arabic: وَعاء	Bulgarian: съд
Brazilian: recipiente	Czech: nádoba	German: das Gefäß/der Faß
Danish: container	Greek: δοχείο, σκεύος	Spanish: recipiente
Estonian: nõu	Farsi: ظرف	Finnish: astia
French: récipient	Hebrew: כְּלִי	Hindi: बर्तन
Croatian: posuda	Hungarian: edény	Indonesian: wadah
Icelandic: ílát	Italian: recipiente	Japanese: 容器
Korean: (액체를 담는) 용기	Lithuanian: indas	Latvian: trauks
Malay: tong	Dutch: vat	Norwegian: beholder, kar
Polish: naczynie	Portuguese: recipiente	Romanian: vas
Russian: сосуд	Slovak: nádoba	Slovenian: posoda
Serbian: sud	Swedish: kärl	Thai: ภาชนะใส่ของเหลว
Turkish: kap	Taiwanese: 容器	Ukrainian: посудина
Urdu: برتن	Vietnamese: bình, chậu, lọ vại	Chinese: 容器
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