flask
IPA: fɫˈæsk
noun
- 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.
- A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
- (sciences) 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.
- (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
- A bed in a gun carriage.
- A nuclear flask, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport of nuclear material.
verb
- (dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.
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Examples of "flask" in Sentences
- 'environment' is not just made up of the flask and media but also the * other cells in the flask* with which it must compete.
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