flask
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English flask (“cask, keg”), from flaske (“case”), from Anglo-Norman flascon, from Late Latin flascō (“bottle”), from Frankish *flasko (whence also Dutch fles), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”) (whence also Old English flaxe, flasce, German Flasche), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”) (whence also 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.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
flask (plural flasks)
- 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.
Translations [edit]
container for a small amount of beverage
laboratory glassware
Danish [edit]
Verb [edit]
flask
- imperative of flaske
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English nouns
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