01 n. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.
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A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.
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A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
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A bed in a gun carriage.[Obs.]
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The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc.(Founding)
Phrases & compounds
Erlenmeyer flask —
a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it.
Pocket flask —
a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.