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FLASK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bottle that has a narrow neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("flask" is a kind of...):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flask"):
ampulla (a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils)
canteen (a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers)
Erlenmeyer flask (a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck)
hipflask; pocket flask (a flask that holds spirits)
round-bottom flask (a spherical flask with a narrow neck)
vacuum bottle; vacuum flask (flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quantity a flask will hold
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("flask" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb flask
Context examples:
As they sank into the darkness I felt a strange chill, and a lonely feeling came over me; but a cloak was thrown over my shoulders, and a rug across my knees, and the driver said in excellent German:—"The night is chill, mein Herr, and my master the Count bade me take all care of you. There is a flask of slivovitz (the plum brandy of the country) underneath the seat, if you should require it."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
After leaving you at the station I went for a charming walk through some admirable Surrey scenery to a pretty little village called Ripley, where I had my tea at an inn, and took the precaution of filling my flask and of putting a paper of sandwiches in my pocket.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A potency unit for measuring infectious activity of a biologic product or infectious agent preparation equal to a base-10 logarithm of amount of product or agent preparation that causes infection in the 50% of the tissue culture-containing flasks inoculated with that dilution of infectious material in the product potency assay or pathogen activity assay.
(Log10 50 Percent Tissue Culture Infective Dose, NCI Thesaurus)
“With as much beer as you can put away,” said the other, “and a flask of Gascon wine on Sabbaths.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As she spoke, Amy showed the handsome flask which replaced the cheap one, and looked so earnest and humble in her little effort to forget herself that Meg hugged her on the spot, and Jo pronounced her 'a trump', while Beth ran to the window, and picked her finest rose to ornament the stately bottle.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Then the butcher gave him a flask of ale, saying, There, drink and refresh yourself; your cow will give you no milk: don’t you see she is an old beast, good for nothing but the slaughter-house?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Some wine, Tita, from the Florence flask!
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Only thirteen days after, a haunch of prime venison was carried from my very tent door by the wolves, and on the same day two flasks of old vernage turned sour and muddy.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“And bring with him a flask of holy water,” added the knight of Bohemia.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
