vessel
A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.
Noun 4 meanings
A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.
A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
“A teacher should be a vessel of knowledge.”
A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
“Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.”
Verb 1 meaning
To put into a vessel.
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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VESSEL at a glance
VESSEL has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (V 4 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1 + E 1 + L 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,481 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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