flask

CEFRC1

/ˈflɑːsk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A narrow container used for holding liquids.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • No, Yumi put it in a thermos flask and brought it into the club room.

  • Tom took a swig from the flask.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /flask/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  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 container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.

More examples

In context

  • Tom opened a desk drawer and pulled out a flask.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English flask, flaske (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) and Medieval Latin flascō (“bottle”); from Frankish *flaskā; both from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”), or from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of fiasco, flacon, and flagon. Related to Dutch fles; also German Low German Flaske, Fless, German Flasche, Danish flaske; also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský, Albanian flashkët. The sense “laboratory glassware” is from Italian fiasco, and the sense “container for holding a casting mold” is from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from...