vial
see also: Vial
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈvaɪəl/
Noun

vial (plural vials)

  1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
    • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:
      Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor thou off.
Synonyms Translations Verb

vial (vials, present participle vialling; past and past participle vialled)

  1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

Vial
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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