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
Definitions of vessel 
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
