flask
UK/ˈflɑːsk/
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flask noun: 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.
Noun
flask (plural flasks)
- 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.
- A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
- Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
- A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
- A bed in a gun carriage.
- A nuclear flask, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport of nuclear material.
- Over the years, the railway has been the safest way to move hazardous chemicals, radioactive waste, fuel for Royal Navy nuclear submarines and imported fuel for reprocessing, as well as flasks containing fuel rods to and from British power stations.2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 21
- A small bottle of liquor.
Verb
flask (third-person singular simple present flasks, present participle flasking, simple past and past participle flasked)
flask meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
flask in Hindi
- container for a small amount of beverage
- फ़्लास्क flāsk
flask in Tamil
- flask, a small vessel with a narrow mouth
- குடுவை kuṭuvai
flask in Urdu
- container for a small amount of beverage
- فِلاسْک filāsk
flask in Malayalam
- കുപ്പി, കഴുത്തിടുങ്ങിയ മദ്യക്കുപ്പി, കൂളു, തുകൽസഞ്ചി
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- flask in Tagalog
- redoma
- flask in Arabic
- دَوْرَق dawraq, زَمْزَمِيَّة zamzamiyya, قَارُورَة qārūra
- flask in Malay
- kelalang
- flask in Indonesian
- labu
Examples of flask in a sentence
- He brought a hip flask along, just in case he needs a little pick-me-up later.
- The evacuated flask imploded with a pop when it could no longer stand the outside air pressure.
- Her new novel involves a mad scientist, but there's more to it than just bubbling flasks and lightning bolts.
Forms of flask
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flasks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | flasks |
| present participle | flasking |
| past participle | flasked |
| past | flasked |
Origin of flask
From Middle English flask, flaske (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) and Medieval Latin flascō (“bottle”); from Frankish *flaskā; both from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”), or from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of fiasco, flacon, and flagon. Related to Dutch fles; also German Low German Flaske, Fless, German Flasche, Danish flaske; also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský, Albanian flashkët. The sense “laboratory glassware” is from Italian fiasco, and the sense “container for holding a casting mold” is from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above.
Words formed from flask
- Bologna flask
- Büchner flask
- Claisen flask
- conical flask
- Dewar flask
- Erlenmeyer flask
- flasker
- flaskette
- flaskful
- flaskless
- flasklet
- flasklike
- flask wagon
- fleaker
- Florence flask
- hipflask
- hip-flask
- hip flask
- hip-pocket flask
- hydroflask
- Kitasato flask
- Kitassato flask
- Kitazato flask
- Kjeldahl flask
- Kohlrausch flask
- moon flask
- moon-flask
- moonflask
- New Year's flask
- pocket-flask
- powder flask
- powderflask
- round-bottomed flask
- Schlenk flask
- slideflask
- snap flask
- vacuum flask
- volumetric flask
Phrases with flask
Words that rhyme with flask
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Questions about flask
- What does flask mean?
- Flask means 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.
- What is flask in Hindi?
- Flask in Hindi is फ़्लास्क (flāsk). See Flask meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flask?
- Flask can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce flask?
- Flask is pronounced /ˈflɑːsk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of flask?
- The plural of flask is flasks.
Words near flask in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flask (page history and authors); குடுவை (Tamil) (page history and authors); flask (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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