vial
Syllables: vi·alUK/ˈvaɪəl/
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British/ˈvɑj(ə)l/
vial noun: a glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
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Noun
vial (plural vials)
- A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
- Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 16:3
Verb
vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle (US) vialing or (UK) vialling, simple past and past participle (US) vialed or (UK) vialled)
Proper noun capitalized: Vial
Vial (plural Vials)
- A surname.
vial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vial in Hindi
- small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
- शीशी śīśī
vial in Tamil
- சிறு குப்பி, குப்பி, குமிழ், சிறுகுப்பி
vial in Marathi
- small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
- शिशी śiśī, शीशी śīśī
vial in Urdu
- small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
- شِیشی śīśī
More languagesFewer languages
- vial in Kannada
- ಕಿರುಬುಡ್ಡಿ
- vial in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ੀ
- vial in Gujarati
- શીશી
- vial in Tagalog
- redoma
- vial in Arabic
- أُنبوب
- vial in Vietnamese
- lọ, lọ nhỏ
Examples of vial in a sentence
- For samples that are suitable for aliquoting, take 15ml and place in a scintillation vial.
- Thereʼs another man near him, pipetting something into a series of small glass vials.
- Majumdar then held up another vial of electrofuel, this one brewed by a team at MIT.
Synonyms of vial
Antonyms
Forms of vial
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vials |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vials |
| present participle US | vialing |
| present participle UK | vialling |
| past participle US | vialed |
| past US | vialed |
| past participle UK | vialled |
| past UK | vialled |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Vials |
Origin of vial
From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.
Words formed from vial
Words that rhyme with vial
Questions about vial
- What does vial mean?
- Vial means a glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
- What is vial in Hindi?
- Vial in Hindi is शीशी (śīśī). See Vial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vial?
- Vial can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce vial?
- Vial is pronounced /ˈvaɪəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vial?
- The plural of vial is vials.
Words near vial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vial (page history and authors); Vial (page history and authors); vial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vial (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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