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See also:fläsk

English

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A French stoneware pilgrimflask.
Three Erlenmeyerflasks.
Hipflask.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishflask,flaske(“case, cask, keg”), fromOld Englishflasce,flaxe(“bottle, flask”) andMedieval Latinflascō(“bottle”); fromFrankish*flaskā; whence alsoDutchfles; both fromProto-Germanic*flaskǭ(“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”) (whence alsoGerman Low GermanFlaske,Fless,GermanFlasche,Danishflaske), fromProto-Indo-European*ploḱ-skō(“flat”) (whence alsoLithuanianplókščias,Czechploský,Albanianflashkët), or fromProto-Indo-European*pleḱ-(“to weave”).Doublet offiasco,flacon, andflagon.

The sense“laboratory glassware” is fromItalianfiasco, and the sense“container for holding a casting mold” is fromMiddle Frenchflasque(“powder flask”), itself fromOld Spanishflasco,frasco, both from Late Latin above.

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Noun

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flask (pluralflasks)

  1. 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.
  2. Acontainer used todiscreetly carry a small amount of a hardalcoholicbeverage; apocket flask.
  3. (sciences)Laboratoryglassware used to hold largervolumes thantest tubes, normally having anarrowmouth of astandardsize which widens to aflat orsphericalbase.
  4. (engineering) A container for holding acastingmold, especially forsand casting molds.
  5. A bed in agun carriage.
    (The addition ofquotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  6. Anuclear flask, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport ofnuclearmaterial.
    • 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, inRAIL, number999, page21:
      Over the years, the railway has been the safest way to move hazardous chemicals, radioactive waste, fuel for Royal Navy nuclear submarines and imported fuel for reprocessing, as well asflasks containing fuel rods to and from British power stations.
  7. (Newfoundland) A small bottle of liquor.

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Translations

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container for a small amount of beverage
container to carry a small amount of alcoholic beverage; pocket flask
laboratory glassware
container for holding a (sand) casting mold
bed in a gun carriage

Verb

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flask (third-person singular simple presentflasks,present participleflasking,simple past and past participleflasked)

  1. (dentistry) Toinvest adenture in aflask so as to produce asectionalmold.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Verb

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flask

  1. imperative offlaske

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromFrenchflasque(“flask”). Doublet with (native)fles(“bottle”), (through French)flacon(“flagon”) and (through Italian)fiasco(“fiasco”).

Noun

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flask f (pluralflasken,diminutiveflaskje n)

  1. flask

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromAnglo-Normanflascon, fromFrankish*flaskā, fromProto-Germanic*flaskǭ. Reinforced by existingOld Englishflasce, from the same source.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flask (pluralflaskes)(rare)

  1. A smallbarrel for beer storage.
  2. Acontainer for the storage ofgarments.

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References

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Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*flaiski. Cognates includeOld Englishflǣsċ andOld Saxonflēsk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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flāsk n

  1. flesh

Descendants

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References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009)An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN, page28
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