VESSEL


Meaning of VESSEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈve-səl ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin vascellum, diminutive of Latin vas vase, vessel

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : a container (as a cask, bottle, kettle, cup, or bowl) for holding something

b. : a person into whom some quality (as grace) is infused

a child of light, a true vessel of the Lord — H. J. Laski

2. : a watercraft bigger than a rowboat ; especially : ship 1

3.

a. : a tube or canal (as an artery) in which a body fluid is contained and conveyed or circulated

b. : a conducting tube in the xylem of a vascular plant formed by the fusion and loss of end walls of a series of cells

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.