Vessel meaning of the word

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• vessell (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English vessel, vessell, from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau), from Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.əl/, /ˈvɛs.l̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛsəl

Noun[edit]

vessel (plural vessels)

1. (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat. [From c.1300]

   Hyponyms: ship, boat, barge, raft, canoe, kayak

   • 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar)​, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 3rd edition, London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], published 1719, →OCLC:

     But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.

   • 1905, H. G. Wells, The Empire of the Ants

     He saw now clearly that the sole crew of the vessel was these two dead men, and though he could not see their faces, he saw by their outstretched hands, which were all of ragged flesh, that they had been subjected to some strange exceptional process of decay.

   • 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87:

     Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.

2. A craft designed for transportation through air or space. [From 1915]

   Hyponyms: spaceship, ship

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians Codex entry:

     Driven from their home system by the geth nearly three centuries ago, most quarians now live aboard the Migrant Fleet, a flotilla of fifty thousand vessels ranging in size from passenger shuttles to mobile space stations.

3. (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals. [c.1300–c.1600]
   • 1523, John Bourchier, tr. Jean Froissart, Here begynneth the first volum of sir Iohan Froyssart : of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretayne, Flauders: and other places adioynynge.:

     All his Vessell was of golde and siluer, pottis, basons, ewers, dysshes, flagons, barels, cuppes, and all other thyngis.

4. A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher. [From c.1300]
5. A person as a container of qualities or feelings. [From 1382]

   A teacher should be a vessel of knowledge.

   • He is a chosen vessel unto me.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     [The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom to enter.

   • 1975, Dolly Parton, The Seeker lyrics:

     I am a vessel that’s empty and useless / I am a bad seed that fell by the way.

6. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant. [From 1398]

   Hyponyms: blood vessel, lymph vessel

   Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.

Synonyms[edit]

• See also Thesaurus:vessel

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

vessel (third-person singular simple present vessels, present participle vesselling or (US) vesseling, simple past and past participle vesselled or (US) vesseled)

1. (transitive) To put into a vessel.
   • 1577, William Harrison, The Description of England in Holinshed’s Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 3, Chapter 12 “Of venemous beastes &c.,”^[2]

     Our hony alſo is taken and reputed to be the beſt bycauſe it is harder, better wrought & clenlyer veſſelled vp, thẽ that which cõmeth from beyond the ſea, where they ſtampe and ſtraine their combes, Bées, & young Blow|inges altogither into the ſtuffe, as I haue béene informed.

   • 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie, London: W. Lee, Cent. VI, section 529, p. 137,^[3]

     The fourth Rule ſhall be, to marke what Herbs, ſome Earths doe put fourth of themſelves; And to take that Earth, and to Pot it, or to Veſſell it; And in that to ſet the Seed you would change […]

   • 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World, London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory,^[4]

     Man had at the firſt, and ſo have all ſouls before their entrance into the body, an explicite methodicall knowledge, but they are no ſooner veſſel’d, but that liberty is loſt, and nothing remains but a vaſt confuſed notion of the creature […]

   • 2009, Reaper (TV series), 2nd season, episode known as The Home Stretch:

     [Samuel ‘Sam’ Oliver:] Alright (or: All right), so the Devil didn’t say that the winner was the one who vesseled (or: vesselled) him, just the one who sends him back to hell.

References[edit]

• “vessel” in the Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Anagrams[edit]

• -selves, selves

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• vescel, vessell, fessell, vessall, vesel, vessayle, fessel, wessell, ffessell

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French vaissel, vessel, from Latin vāscellum.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛsɛl/, /ˈvɛsəl/

Noun[edit]

vessel (plural vessels or vessel)

1. A container or vessel; a box for storage:
   1. A vessel; any open container used in the kitchen:
      1. (by extension) A decorative container; a vase used for adornment.
      2. (by extension) A piece of cookware; a container used for cooking.
      3. (by extension) Any sort of kitchen tool or utensil.
   2. A container used for the storage of medicines; a pharmaceutical container.
   3. Any object, especially a container, used in religious ceremonies or rituals.
   4. A large container or vat used for bulk storage.
   5. (alchemy) Alchemical equipment, ware, or tools.
   6. Traveling equipment; travel gear.
2. In several anatomical senses:
   1. (figurative) A human being or the body of a human being.
   2. Blood vessels; the tubes that blood travels in.
   3. Any sort of tube, duct or canal in the body (e.g. the intestines)
   4. (figurative, rare) The heart (as the seat of feelings).
3. A seafaring vessel; a boat or ship.
4. (mainly Biblical) A machine, device, or method.

Derived terms[edit]

• vesselling
• vesselment

Descendants[edit]

• English: vessel
• Scots: veshel
• Yola: veseal

References[edit]

• “vessel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-20.

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Vessel(s) or The Vessel may refer to:

Biology[edit]

• Blood vessel, a part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body
• Lymphatic vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph
• Vessel element, a narrow water transporting tube in plant

Containers[edit]

• Bowl (vessel), a common open-top container
• Drinking vessel, for holding drinkable liquids
• Pressure vessel, designed to hold fluids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure

Watercraft[edit]

• Watercraft, also known as water vessel, craft designed for transportation on water
  • Sailing ship or sailing vessel, watercraft that uses sails and wind power for movement

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Film and television[edit]

• Vessel (film), a 2014 documentary film by Diana Whitten
• The Vessel (film), a 2016 film starring Martin Sheen
• The Vessel (web series), a 2012 British comedy web series
• «The Vessel» (The Outer Limits), a television episode

Music[edit]

Performers[edit]

• Vessels (band), a British post-rock and electronic band
• Vessel (solo artist), British electronic music producer and composer

Albums[edit]

• Vessel (Dark Time Sunshine album), 2010
• Vessel (Frankie Cosmos album), 2018
• Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album), 2013
• Vessel (DVD), a video album by Björk, 2003
• Vessels (Be’lakor album), 2016
• Vessels (Ivoryline album), 2010
• Vessels (Starset album), 2017
• Vessels (Wolf & Cub album), 2006

Songs[edit]

• «Vessel», by Bodyjar from Role Model, 2013
• «Vessel», by Nine Inch Nails from Year Zero, 2007
• «Vessel», by Spratleys Japs from Pony, 1999

Other media[edit]

• Vessel (comics), a fictional Marvel Comics villain
• Vessel (video game), a 2012 video game developed by Strange Loop Games
• Vessels — characters in the game Hollow Knight

Other uses[edit]

• Vessel (structure), a public structure in New York City’s Hudson Yards
• Vessel (website), a subscription video service launched by the early team behind Hulu, including Hulu’s former CEO Jason Kilar

People with the surname[edit]

• Edy Vessel (born 1940), Italian actress and businesswoman

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— Updated example sentences

судно, сосуд, корабль, резервуар, кровеносный сосуд, самолет

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Словосочетания

a vessel designed for underwater exploration — судно, предназначенное для подводных исследований  
the movement of cargo onto the vessel — перемещение груза на судно  
conform to shape of vessel — принимать форму сосуда  
discharge of a vessel — разгрузка судна  
to discharge the vessel — разгружать судно  
to place vessel in dock — ставить судно в док  
to shore vessel in dock — сажать судно на опоры дока  
to lay up a vessel — ставить судно на прикол  
a lipped vessel — сосуд с носиком  
the vessel is aleak — судно имеет течь  
shipment on board a vessel — погрузка на судно  
rescue vessel — спасательное судно  

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Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): vessel
мн. ч.(plural): vessels

types:

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autoclave, steriliser, sterilizer

a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

barrel, cask

a cylindrical container that holds liquids

basin

a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

bath

a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

bath, bathing tub, bathtub, tub

a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

bedpan

a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination

boiler, steam boiler

sealed vessel where water is converted to steam

bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot

a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead

bottle

a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle

a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children

bowl

a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;

bucket, pail

a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

censer, thurible

a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)

butter churn, churn

a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk

crucible, melting pot

a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

drinking vessel

a vessel intended for drinking

drum, metal drum

a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids

eye cup, eyebath, eyecup

a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball

flagon

a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

jar

a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

ladle

a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another

monstrance, ostensorium

(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration

mortar

a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle

muller

a vessel in which wine is mulled

ewer, pitcher

an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

poacher

a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

pot

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

retort

a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

steeper

a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping

storage tank, tank

a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids

tin

a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking

tub, vat

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

urceole

a vessel that holds water for washing the hands

water jacket

a container filled with water that surrounds a machine to cool it; especially that surrounding the cylinder block of an engine

well

a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

alembic

an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube

amphora

an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine

aquarium, fish tank, marine museum

a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

aspersorium

the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches

auxiliary boiler, donkey boiler

(nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship’s boiler that is used while the ship is in port)

baptismal font, baptistery, baptistry, font

bowl for baptismal water

beaker

a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry

beer barrel, beer keg

a barrel that holds beer

beer bottle

a bottle that holds beer

bidet

a basin for washing genitals and anal area

birdbath

an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in

butt

a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)

caldron, cauldron

a very large pot that is used for boiling

cannikin

a wooden bucket

canopic jar, canopic vase

a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body

carafe, decanter

a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

carboy

a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container

catsup bottle, ketchup bottle

a bottle that holds catsup

cistern, water tank

a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet

coffeepot

tall pot in which coffee is brewed

cookie jar, cooky jar

a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden)

cream pitcher, creamer

a small pitcher for serving cream

crock, earthenware jar

an earthen jar (made of baked clay)

crewet, cruet

bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table

cruse

small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)

demijohn

large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork

digester

autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested

dinner bucket, dinner pail

a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner

dipper

a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

dixie

a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps

dredging bucket

a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed

Dutch oven

iron or earthenware cooking pot; used for stews

emesis basin

a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting

fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl

a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept

flask

bottle that has a narrow neck

footbath

a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet

gas holder, gasometer

a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel

gas tank, gasoline tank, petrol tank

a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle

calabash, gourd

bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

hogshead

a large cask especially one holding 63 gals

hot tub

a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water

ink bottle, inkpot

a bottle of ink

inkstand, inkwell

a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped

jamjar, jampot

a jar for holding jellies or preserves

jorum

a large drinking bowl

jug

a large bottle with a narrow mouth

keg

small cask or barrel

boiler, kettle

a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

kibble

an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining

laver

(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions

loving cup

a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet

marmite

a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup

Mason jar

a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning

mazer

a large hardwood drinking bowl

mug

with handle and usually cylindrical

ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial, vial

a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

pickle barrel

a barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled

pill bottle

a small bottle for holding pills

pop bottle, soda bottle

a bottle for holding soft drinks

pottle

a pot that holds 2 quarts

pressure cooker

autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water

reservoir

tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)

saucepot

a cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid; used for stewing or boiling

scoop

a large ladle

septic tank

large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria

shook

a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

hip bath, sitz bath

a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position

slop jar, slop pail

a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot

smelling bottle

a bottle containing smelling salts

soup ladle

a ladle for serving soup

specimen bottle

a bottle for holding urine specimens

stockpot

a pot used for preparing soup stock

stoop, stoup

basin for holy water

stoup

an archaic drinking vessel

tankard

a large drinking vessel with one handle

teapot

pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

toilet bowl

the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water

tun

a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals

urn

a large pot for making coffee or tea

vase

an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers

handbasin, lavabo, wash-hand basin, washbasin, washbowl

a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin’ is a British expression)

washtub

a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed

water bottle

a bottle for holding water

hot-water heater, hot-water tank, water heater

a heater and storage tank to supply heated water

whiskey bottle

a bottle for holding whiskey

wine bottle

a bottle for holding wine

wine bucket, wine cooler

a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine

wine barrel, wine cask

a barrel that holds wine

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