vessel
container; water craft; airship: The new boat was a seaworthy vessel.
Not to be confused with:
vassal – dependent; bondman; servant; slave: The vassal cared for the entire cornfield.
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ves·sel
(vĕs′əl)n.
1. A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.
2.
a. Nautical A craft, especially one larger than a rowboat, designed to navigate on water.
b. An airship.
3. Anatomy A duct, canal, or other tube that contains or conveys a body fluid: a blood vessel.
4. Botany One of the tubular water-conducting structures of xylem, consisting of a series of vessel elements attached end to end and connected by perforations. Vessels are found in nearly all flowering plants.
5. A person seen as the agent or embodiment, as of a quality: a vessel of mercy.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of Latin vāsculum, diminutive of vās, vessel.]
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vessel
(ˈvɛsəl)n
1. any object used as a container, esp for a liquid
2. (Nautical Terms) a passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc
3. (Aeronautics) an aircraft, esp an airship
4. (Anatomy) anatomy a tubular structure that transports such body fluids as blood and lymph
5. (Botany) botany a tubular element of xylem tissue consisting of a row of cells in which the connecting cell walls have broken down
6. rare a person regarded as an agent or vehicle for some purpose or quality: she was the vessel of the Lord.
[C13: from Old French vaissel, from Late Latin vascellum urn, from Latin vās vessel]
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ves•sel
(ˈvɛs əl)n.
1. a craft for traveling on water, esp. a fairly large one.
2. a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, or pitcher, used for holding liquids or other contents.
3. a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, conveying blood or some other body fluid.
4. a water-conducting duct within the xylem of vascular plants, composed of connected cells without intervening partitions.
5. a person regarded as a holder or receiver of a particular trait or quality: a vessel of grace.
[1250–1300; < Old French vessel, va(i)ssel < Latin vāscellum, derivative of vās (see vase)]
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| Noun | 1. | vessel - a tube in which a body fluid circulates tube-shaped structure, tube - (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure blood vessel - a vessel in which blood circulates vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant |
| 2. |  vessel - a craft designed for water transportationanchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving bareboat - a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions bilge - where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom bilge keel - either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge; reduces rolling boat - a small vessel for travel on water fore, prow, bow, stem - front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" craft - a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space fishing boat, fishing smack, fishing vessel - a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive galley - (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars galley - a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading hull - the frame or body of ship ice yacht, iceboat, scooter - a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice patrol boat, patrol ship - a vessel assigned to patrol an area rudder - (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight shrimper - a vessel engaged in shrimping splashboard, washboard - protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side weather ship - an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations racing yacht, yacht - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing | |
| 3. |  vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)autoclave, steriliser, sterilizer - a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" basin - a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" bath - a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath" bathing tub, bathtub, tub, bath - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body bedpan - a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination boiler, steam boiler - sealed vessel where water is converted to steam bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot - a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped feeding bottle, nursing bottle, bottle - a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children bowl - a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids; censer, thurible - a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) butter churn, churn - a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) crucible, melting pot - a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions drinking vessel - a vessel intended for drinking metal drum, drum - a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids eye cup, eyebath, eyecup - a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball; "an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain" flagon - a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine) jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles ladle - a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another ostensorium, monstrance - (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration mortar - a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle muller - a vessel in which wine is mulled poacher - a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) pot - metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid retort - a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat steeper - a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping storage tank, tank - a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids tin - a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking urceole - a vessel that holds water for washing the hands water jacket - a container filled with water that surrounds a machine to cool it; especially that surrounding the cylinder block of an engine well - a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid |
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vessel
noun
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Translations
سَفينَهوَعاء
loďnádobacéva
containerskib
alusastiasäiliö
edényhajótálvízi jármű
ílátskip
kuģis, laivatrauks
loďnádoba
krvna žilaplovilo
fartyg
vessel
[ˈvesl] N1. (= ship) → barco m, buque m, embarcación f
2. (= receptacle) → vasija f, recipiente m
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vessel
(ˈvesl) noun1. a container, usually for liquid. a plastic vessel containing acid.
2. a ship. a 10,000-ton grain-carrying vessel.
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ves·sel
n. vaso, conducto o canal portador de un fluido tal como la sangre y la linfa;
blood ___ → ___ sanguíneo;
collateral ___ → ___ colateral;
great ___ -s → grandes ___ -s;
lymphatic ___ → ___ linfático.
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vessel
n vaso; blood — vaso sanguíneoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.