flask

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From Middle English flask (cask, keg), from flaske (case), from Anglo-Norman flaske (subject case), flascon (object case), from Late Latin flascō ‘bottle’, from Frankish *flasko (cf. Dutch (Flemish) vlesch), from Proto-Germanic *flaskōn ‘braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug’ (cf. Old English flaxe, flasce, German Flasche), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō ‘flat’ (cf. Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský). Sense 2 from Italian fiasco and sense 3 from Middle French flasque (powder flask), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above.

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flask (plural flasks)

  1. A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
  2. (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.
  3. (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.

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flask

  1. imperative of flaske
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