What does vessel mean?
Definitions for vessel
ˈvɛs əlves·sel
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word vessel.
Princeton's WordNet
vessel, vasnoun
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
vessel, watercraftnoun
a craft designed for water transportation
vesselnoun
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
Wiktionary
vesselnoun
A general term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water, such as ships or boats.
vesselnoun
A container of liquid, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher
vesselnoun
A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
vesselnoun
A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
blood or lymph vessels in humans, xylem or phloem vessels in plants
Etymology: vaissel, from vascellum, diminutive of vasculum, diminutive of vas.
Webster Dictionary
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselnoun
any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc
Vesselnoun
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
Vesselverb
to put into a vessel
Etymology: [OF. vessel, veissel, vaissel, vaissiel, F. vaisseau, fr. L. vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, Vase.]
Freebase
Vessel
Vessel is an official DVD/home-video released by Björk on January 13, 2003. It contains a live performance by Björk on the Debut tour, recorded live at the The Royalty Theatre in London in May 1994. The concert is interspersed by short interviews with Björk on the streets of London, including her singing an improvisation to the sound of a car alarm and her thoughts on moving from Reykjavík to London. The track "Atlantic" is a live version of a B-side that was released only on the cassette single of "Human Behaviour" and Japanese pressings of Debut. The short improvisation sung by Björk and her tour band at the start of the DVD is "Gail Biffen", an early version of the track "I Miss You". The 1994 VHS release was re-released on DVD in 2003. The video was also released on LaserDisc in Japan on May 10th, 1994, a US release was announced but later canceled.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vessel
ves′el, n. a vase or utensil for holding something: a hollow structure made to float on water, used for conveyance, &c.: a tube in which fluids, as blood, &c., are contained: a person considered as an agent of God.—The weaker vessel, a phrase colloquially applied to a woman, in allusion to 1 Pet. iii. 7. [O. Fr. vessel (Fr. vaisseau)—L. vascellum, dim. of vas, a vase.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
vessel
A general name for all the different sorts of ships, boats, &c., navigated on the ocean or on rivers and canals.
Editors Contribution
vessel
A structure that conveys a form of fluid within the body of an animal, human being of other living organism.
The body has blood vessels and vessels that convey lymph also.
Submitted by MaryC on April 7, 2020vessel
A type of transport
The vessel did remain on shore to refuel.
Submitted by MaryC on February 26, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'vessel' in Nouns Frequency: #1405
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vessel in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vessel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of vessel in a Sentence
The vessel was seized based on false allegations, we hope the release will take place soon.
The Creator cannot keep filling the vessel that is not interested, nor responding to the first blessing that He sent.
Yemeni coast guards ... are checking to see whether (the vessel) belongs to the countries of aggression or to South Korea, in which case it will be released after completing legal procedures.
You put the mechanical surgeon inside the blood vessel and it goes into the heart and 'looks' around.
The Ghana Navy responded swiftly with a patrol team to the area and they were able to overpower the pirates and free the ship. But when they got there, the cargo had already been transferred to another vessel.
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- وعاءArabic
- һауыт, тамырBashkir
- loď, nádoba, cévaCzech
- fartøjDanish
- Schiff, Behältnis, Gefäß, Behälter, BootGerman
- πλοίο, σκεύος, σκάφος, αγγείο, δοχείοGreek
- vazoEsperanto
- recipiente, embarcación, barco, vasija, receptáculo, vaso, casco, recintoSpanish
- آوند, رگPersian
- putkilo, säiliö, alus, astia, suoniFinnish
- farFaroese
- recipient, vaisseau, navire, vaseFrench
- पतीलाHindi
- hajó, edény, vízi jármű, tálHungarian
- vazoIdo
- recipiente, vascello, imbarcazione, contenitore, vasoItalian
- כליHebrew
- 血管, 船舶, 容器Japanese
- 그릇, 선박, 배, 船舶Korean
- vasLatin
- waka, puotoMāori
- пловило, садMacedonian
- fartøyNorwegian
- vat, vaartuig, hulselDutch
- fartøyNorwegian Nynorsk
- tsin naaʼeełNavajo, Navaho
- naczynie, statekPolish
- vaso, recipiente, vasilha, barco, embarcação, reservatório, navioPortuguese
- ambarcațiune, recipient, vasRomanian
- сосуд, судно, корабльRussian
- nádoba, loďSlovak
- fartyg, behållareSwedish
- పాత్ర, ఓడTelugu
- GemiTurkish
- שיףYiddish
- 船只Chinese
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