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vessel
[ ves-uhl ]
noun
- a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
- an airship.
- a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents.
- Anatomy, Zoology. a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid.
- Botany. a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. Compare tracheid.
- a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial:
a vessel of grace;
a vessel of wrath.
vessel
/ ˈɛə /
noun
- any object used as a container, esp for a liquid
- a passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc
- an aircraft, esp an airship
- anatomy a tubular structure that transports such body fluids as blood and lymph
- botany a tubular element of xylem tissue consisting of a row of cells in which the connecting cell walls have broken down
- rare.a person regarded as an agent or vehicle for some purpose or quality
she was the vessel of the Lord
vessel
- A blood vessel.
- A long, continuous column made of the lignified walls of dead vessel elements, along which water flows in the xylem of angiosperms.
Other Word Forms
- s especially British, s adjective
- un·s adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of vessel1
Example Sentences
"It was probably made in the Levant - the Egypt area - and then was manufactured into vessels, we think, in southern France, and probably arrived here alongside wine in barrels."
"You can damage the vessel trying to get into the chest cavity," he said.
The experiment will be retrieved by a recovery vessel and sent back to the lab in London to be examined.
The search resumed on Sunday and the vessel was located but it has since been suspended, according to HM Coastguard.
Washington says its strikes in Yemen are punishment for Houthi attacks on cargo vessels transiting through the Red Sea, a critical waterway for international trade.
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