Synonyms for flask
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : flask, flahsk |
| Phonetic Transcription : flæsk, flɑsk |
Top 10 synonyms for flask Other synonyms for the word flask
Définition of flask
Origin :- mid-14c., from Medieval Latin flasco "container, bottle," from Late Latin flasconem "bottle," perhaps from a Germanic source (cf. Old English flasce, Old High German flaska, Middle Dutch flasce, German Flasche "bottle"), and if so, perhaps originally meaning "a bottle plaited round, case bottle" (cf. Old High German flechtan "to weave," Old English fleohtan "to braid, plait"), from Proto-Germanic base *fleh- (see flax).
- Another theory traces it to a metathesis of Latin vasculum. "The assumption that the word is of Teut. origin is chronologically legitimate, and presents no difficulty exc. the absence of any satisfactory etymology" [OED].
- noun small container for liquid
- "And bring with him a flask of holy water," added the knight of Bohemia.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Some of them could drink from the flask, which made our work shorter.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- "We are glad to see thee, brother," said he, holding out the flask of Malmsey.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- This flask does not contain fly-dope--that's in the other flask--it contains whisky.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- I shall go down into the cellars and bring a flask of the best.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- I thought you'd fainted and, as you have my only flask of brandy, I had a bad fright.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- In my pocket was a flask—a flask I had filled with drinking water in Constantinople.
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- I poured some brandy from the flask, for I had need of it, and gulped it down at a draught.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- In two minutes he was back, bearing a flask, which he uncorked as he ran.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
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