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thermoses

thermoses is the plural of thermos.

Meaning of thermos

Noun (1)

thermos (plural thermoses or (rare) thermoi)

  1. A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents
    Synonyms:
    thermal flask, thermos flask, vacuum flask

Noun (2)

thermos (plural thermoi)

  1. (historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.
    • The mnaeion contains 4 gold pieces, 16 quarters, 64 thermoi, 128 carats. The gold piece contains 4 staters [sic for quarters], 16 thermoi, 32 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats. The quarter contains 4 thermoi, 8 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats.[…]The mnaeion has sixteen (16) quarters and...1982, “Metrology (3455–3460)”, in A[dam] Bülow-Jacobsen, J[ohn] E[dwin] G[eorge] Whitehorne, editors, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Graeco-Roman Memoirs; No. 69), volume XLIX, […] for the British Academy...

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Questions about thermoses

What is thermoses the plural of?
Thermoses is the plural of thermos.

Words near thermoses in the dictionary

  1. thermosensitivity
  2. thermosensor
  3. thermosensoric
  4. thermosensors
  5. thermosensory
  6. thermoses
  7. thermoset
  8. thermosets
  9. thermosettable
  10. thermosetting
  11. thermosful

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