FLASK

flask

(noun) bottle that has a narrow neck

flask, flaskful

(noun) the quantity a flask will hold

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

flask (plural flasks)

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.

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

(sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.

(engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.

A bed in a gun carriage.

Verb

flask (third-person singular simple present flasks, present participle flasking, simple past and past participle flasked)

(dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.

Anagrams

• falks, flaks

Source: Wiktionary

Flask, n. Etym: [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. Flagon, Flasket.]

1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.

2. 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.

3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] Bailey.

4. (Founding)

Definition: 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. 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.

– Florence flask. Etym: [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as Betty, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions.

– Pocket flask, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition