FLASK


Meaning of FLASK in English

■ noun

1》 a narrow-necked conical or spherical glass container.

2》 Brit. a vacuum ~.

3》 a hip ~.

4》 a lead-lined container for radioactive nuclear waste.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'cask'): from med. L. flasca .

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