flask
15
2.9
- noun
- /flæsk/
:
matraz
- Annabelle silently gets out a flask, takes a pull of whisky, and offers some to Maverick.
- flask of whiskey
- flask of brandy
- flask of wine
Examples
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Frankie takes a swig from his flask and hands it to Tic-Tac, who leans in the car window.
Fiction book (1990) -
I have a flask of oil.
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Peter can bring us in a flask of hot coffee.
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If you were by yourself, you might get to the river, fill that flask.
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Do you still have that whisky flask?
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I'll put some in a whisky flask and I'll leave the remainder for you.
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Finally, Lufa paused and picked up the flask of water, which was also in the basket.
Fiction book (1995) -
Carver takes out a flask, has a drink, and offers it to Hull, who declines.
Fiction book (1992) -
She would even be met at Newport railway station by Humphrey armed with a flask of hot soup.
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I have a flask of oil that will last us all week.
Synonyms
284
1.0
The amount of liquid a bottle can hold
14
1.0
An amount of liquid that fills a large container for pouring
The amount of liquid that fills a flask
An amount of liquid that fills a bottle
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.1
A glass container with a wide flat base and a narrow neck for mixing and heating liquids in labs
- Specialized
A container that keeps very cold liquids like liquid nitrogen from warming
- Specialized
A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of the container first: because flask originally meant a small 'bottle' (like German Flasche), people also used the word for the amount inside it, so a flask can mean the quantity of liquid that a small bottle holds.