vessel

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a tube in which a body fluid circulates
  2. noun a craft designed for water transportation
  3. noun an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).

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Synonyms

vas

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