vessel

== English == === Alternative forms === vessell (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɛsəl/, [ˈvɛsɫ̩] (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈvesəl/ Rhymes: -ɛsəl === Noun === vessel (plural vessels) A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space. (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine. [From c.1300] Synonym: watercraft Hypernyms: vessel < vehicle Hyponyms: ship, boat, barge, raft, canoe, kayak A craft designed for transportation through air or space. [From 1915] Hyponyms: spaceship, ship (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. [c.1300–c.1600] A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher. [From c.1300] (figurative) A person as a container of qualities or feelings. [from 1382] (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. [From 1398] Hyponyms: blood vessel, lymph vessel ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:vessel ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vessel (third-person singular simple present vessels, present participle (US) vesseling or (UK) vesselling, simple past and past participle (US) vesseled or (UK) vesselled) (transitive) To put into a vessel. 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”[3] Our hony alſo is taken and reputed to be the beſt bycauſe it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer veſſelled vp, thẽ that which cõmeth from beyond the ſea, where they ſtampe and ſtraine their combes, Bées, & young Blow|inges altogither into the ſtuffe, as I haue béene informed. 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VI, section 529, p. 137,[4] The fourth Rule ſhall be, to marke what Herbs, ſome Earths doe put fourth of themſelves; And to take that Earth, and to Pot it, or to Veſſell it; And in that to ſet the Seed you would change […] 2009, Reaper (TV series), 2nd season, episode known as The Home Stretch: [Samuel 'Sam' Oliver:] Alright (or: All right), so the Devil didn't say that the winner was the one who vesseled (or: vesselled) him, just the one who sends him back to hell. === References === “vessel” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 8th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1973 (1974 printing), →OCLC. === Anagrams === -selves, selves == Middle English == === Alternative forms === vescel, vessell, fessell, vessall, vesel, vessayle, fessel, wessell, ffessell === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French vaissel, vessel, from Late Latin vāscellum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛsɛl/, /ˈvɛsəl/ === Noun === vessel (plural vessels or vessel) A container or vessel; a box for storage: A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen: (by extension) A decorative container; a vase used for adornment. (by extension) A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking. (by extension) Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil. A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container. Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals. A large container or vat used for bulk storage. (alchemy) Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools. Traveling equipment; travel gear. In several anatomical senses: (figurative) A human being or the body of a human being. Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in. Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines) (figurative, rare) The heart (as the seat of feelings). A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship. (mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method. ==== Derived terms ==== vesselling vesselment ==== Descendants ==== English: vessel Scots: veshel Yola: veseal ==== References ==== “vessel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 July 2018. == Old French == === Noun === vessel oblique singular, m (oblique plural vesseaus or vesseax or vessiaus or vessiax or vessels, nominative singular vesseaus or vesseax or vessiaus or vessiax or vessels, nominative plural vessel) alternative form of vaissel