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• flask|et — «FLAS kiht, FLAHS », noun. 1. a long, shallow basket. 2. a small flask: »a flasket richly chased (Scott). ╂[< Old North French flasquet, Old French flachet (diminutive) < flasque < Late Latin flasca flask; origin …   Useful english dictionary

• Flask — may refer to: *Vacuum flask a container designed to keep warm drinks warm and refrigerated drinks cold *Hip flask, a small container used to carry a small amount of liquid *Laboratory flask, laboratory glassware for holding larger volumes than… …   Wikipedia

• Flask — Flask, n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. ?, ?, ?. Cf. {Flagon}, {Flasket}.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flask — [flask, fläsk] n. [ME < ML flasco & OE flasce, both < LL flasco (gen. flasconis) < flasca < Gmc * flasko, bottle, wicker enclosed jug, prob. < base of OHG flechtan, to weave: for IE base see FLAX] 1. any small, bottle shaped… …   English World dictionary

• flask fungus — /ˈflask fʌŋgəs/ (say flahsk fungguhs) noun (plural flask fungi /ˈflask fʌŋgi/ (say flahsk funggee) or flask funguses) any of various ascomycetes which produce their fruiting bodies in small chambers …  

• flask — [ flæsk ] noun count 1. ) a small flat bottle that fits in your pocket, used especially for carrying alcohol 2. ) a glass container with a wide base and a narrow top used in science laboratories for holding liquids 3. ) BRITISH a THERMOS …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• flask — [n] small container for liquid alembic, ampulla, bag, beaker, bottle, canteen, carafe, caster, chalice, crock, cruet, crystal, decanter, demijohn, ewer, fiasco, flacon, flagon, flasket, glass, goblet, gourd, horn, jar, jug, noggin, phial, retort …   New thesaurus

• flask — A small receptacle, usually of glass, used for holding liquids, powder, or gases. [M.E. keg, fr. Fr. flasque, fr. Germanic] casting f. SYN: refractory f.. crown f. SYN: denture f.. denture f. a sectional metal boxlike case in which a sectional… …   Medical dictionary

• flask — UK [flɑːsk] / US [flæsk] noun [countable] Word forms flask : singular flask plural flasks 1) British a vacuum flask 2) a small flat bottle that fits in your pocket, used especially for carrying alcohol 3) science a glass container with a wide… …   English dictionary

• flask — noun /flɑːsk,flæsk/ a) A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask. b) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a …   Wiktionary

• flask — [14] English acquired flask via French flasque from medieval Latin flasca, a word of uncertain origin. It occurs widely in the Germanic languages (German has flasche, for instance, and Dutch vlesch, and the related word flasce existed in Old… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins