Definitions of flask [æsk, flɑsk]

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Definition of 'flask'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flask
a bottle, usu. of glass, having a rounded body and a narrow neck.

2.  flask
a flat bottle for carrying in the pocket.

3.  flask
an iron container for shipping mercury, holding a standard commercial unit of 76 lb. (34 kg).

4.  flask
a container into which sand is rammed around a pattern to form a mold.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME: cask, keg < AF, OF flaske < LL flasca, of uncert. orig.; cf. flagon)

Definition of 'flask'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flask
bottle that has a narrow neck

2. (noun) flask, flaskful
the quantity a flask will hold

Definition of 'flask'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) flask
a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine

2. (noun) flask
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. (noun) flask
a bed in a gun carriage

4. (noun) flask
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

Translation of 'flask'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a container in which drinks can be carried a flask of whisky.
Afrikaans: fles	Arabic: قارورَه	Bulgarian: манерка
Brazilian: frasco	Czech: láhev, čutora	German: die Taschenflasche, der F
Danish: lommelærke; feltflaske	Greek: μπουκάλι, φλασκί	Spanish: frasco
Estonian: plasku	Farsi: فلاسک	Finnish: pullo
French: flacon	Hebrew: בַּקבּוּק כִּיס	Hindi: फ्लास्क
Croatian: ploška	Hungarian: üveg, palack	Indonesian: pelples
Icelandic: (vasa)peli	Italian: fiasco; bottiglietta tasc	Japanese: びん
Korean: 휴대용 술병	Lithuanian: gertuvė	Latvian: plakanpudele
Malay: botol	Dutch: veldfles	Norwegian: lommelerke
Polish: manierka, piersiówka	Persian: فلاسک	Pashto: فلاسك، دداروګوډى، دباروتو
Portuguese: cantil	Romanian: sticlă	Russian: фляжка
Slovak: fľaša	Slovenian: steklenica	Serbian: pljoska
Swedish: fickplunta, fältflaska	Thai: ขวดแก้ว	Turkish: yassı şişe
Taiwanese: 瓶	Ukrainian: фляжка; фляга	Urdu: مشروبات ساتھ لے جانے کا ظ
Vietnamese: chai bẹt; lọ bẹt (đựng rư	Chinese: 瓶
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