flask

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Pronunciation

• enPR: fläsk, IPA: /flɑːsk/
• enPR: flăsk, IPA: /flæsk/

Noun

flask (plural flasks)

1. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
2. A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
3. (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.
4. (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
5. A bed in a gun carriage.

Translations

• French: flacon, flasque
• German: Flasche
• Italian: fiaschetta, boccetta
• Portuguese: frasco
• Russian: фля́жка
• Spanish: petaca, licorera disfrazado, frasquera

Translations

• German: Reiseflasche, Flachmann
• Spanish: petaca

Translations

• French: fiole
• German: Kolben, Flakon
• Portuguese: frasco
• Russian: ко́лба
• Spanish: matraz

Translations

• German: Formkasten

Verb

flask (flasks, present participle flasking; past and past participle flasked)

1. (dentistry) To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.

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