thermos bottle
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈθɜrməs ˈbɑtəl/
:
botella térmica
- Having fortified himself with a number of cigarettes and a cup of strong coffee from a thermos bottle, he would then set to work in earnest without leaving his bed.
Examples
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The bags were light because there was nothing in them but other empty bags, plus their lunch: a hunk of sausage, a loaf of white bread, and a thermos bottle with hot tea in it.
Fiction book (1995) -
Just for a drink of potable water, students must hike clear across the campus to the main boiler to fill their thermos bottles.
Academic text (1990) -
"There was a thermos bottle on the bed stand that turned out to be empty."
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By selling thermos bottles and bathing caps, he thinks of himself as a fountainhead of progress.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a large dewar flask, like a giant thermos bottle.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jasper screwed the caps on the thermos bottles as if he'd been doing it for years.
Fiction book (1994) -
But they could feel the cold seeping into their legs already, so they had to scoop up what samples they could in special thermos bottles designed for the purpose and turn back.
Fiction book (1996) -
Axel has bought a thermos bottle and a lunch box now that he's going to be driving to the factory since he can't deliver bread for the baker anymore.
Fiction book (1995) -
She poured the rest of the tea from the thermos bottle—it was cold now—into the cup.
Fiction book (1995) -
She poured the rest of the tea from the thermos bottle into the cup.
Synonyms
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1.9
A container that keeps drinks hot or cold for a long time
A container that keeps drinks hot or cold for a long time
A container that keeps drinks hot or cold for a long time
A container with two walls and empty space between them that keeps drinks hot or cold
How Insulating
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2.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'thermos' already denotes a vacuum-sealed container and 'bottle' specifies its form, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer a bottle designed to keep liquids hot or cold. The structure and concept are cross-linguistically common (e.g. termo/thermos in many languages), making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Thermos bottle gets its name from the Greek word thermos meaning 'hot' and from the simple image of a bottle inside another bottle with empty space between them. That empty space stops heat from leaving, so a thermos bottle keeps drinks hot or cold for a long time.