ves|sel

ves|sel
ves|sel «VEHS uhl», noun.
1. a) any large boat; ship, especially one larger than a canoe or rowboat, designed or equipped for conveying passengers and cargo: »

Ocean liners and other vessels are usually docked by tugboats.

b) Law. any floating structure.
2. = airship. (Cf. ↑airship)
3. a hollow holder or container. Cups, bowls, pitchers, bottles, barrels, and tubs are vessels.
4. a tube carrying blood, lymph, or other fluid in the body. Veins and arteries are blood vessels.
5. Botany. a) one of the rows or chains of cells, an essential element of the xylem of plants, that have lost their intervening partitions and have become a long continuous canal permitting the passage of water and dissolved minerals; trachea or duct. b) = pericarp. (Cf. ↑pericarp)
6. Figurative. a person regarded as a container of some quality or as made for some purpose (used chiefly in Biblical expressions): »

a vessel of wrath, the weaker vessel.

╂[< Old French vessel < Latin vascella, plural (taken as feminine singular) of vascellum (diminutive) < vās, vāsis vessel]
–ves´sel|like´, adjective.

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  • ves´sel|like´ — ves|sel «VEHS uhl», noun. 1. a) any large boat; ship, especially one larger than a canoe or rowboat, designed or equipped for conveying passengers and cargo: »Ocean liners and other vessels are usually docked by tugboats. b) Law. any floating… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ves — car·ves·trene; de·fer·ves·cence; de·fer·ves·cent; di·ves·ti·tive; di·ves·ti·ture; ef·fer·ves·cence; ef·fer·ves·cent; ef·fer·ves·cent·ly; fla·ves·cence; fla·ves·cent; ful·ves·cent; gal·ves·to·nian; in·gra·ves·cence; in·gra·ves·cent;… …   English syllables

  • sel — an·gus·ti·sel·late; an·sel·mi·an; ba·sel; ba·sel·la; bes·sel; bi·sel·li·um; bo·sel·a·phus; bring·sel; cal·a·bra·sel·la; cap·sel·la; car·rou·sel; cas·sel; cas·sel·mann s; ches·sel; chlam·y·do·sel·a·chus; chrem·sel; clad·o·sel·a·che; coun·sel·able; …   English syllables

  • vessel — ves·sel …   English syllables

  • vessel — ves|sel [ˈvesəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: vaissel, from Late Latin vascellum, from Latin vas; VASE] 1.) formal a ship or large boat ▪ a fishing vessel 2.) technical a ↑vein …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vessel — ves·sel s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS nucl. recipiente in pressione che contiene il nocciolo di un reattore nucleare e altri componenti interni {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: dal fr. ant. vaissel, dal lat. tardo vascellum propr.… …   Dizionario italiano

  • vessel — ves|sel [ vesl ] noun count ** 1. ) FORMAL a large boat or ship: New Zealand has banned vessels carrying nuclear weapons. a fishing/navy vessel 2. ) a tube in people, animals, or plants through which liquid flows: blood vessels 3. ) FORMAL a bowl …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • vessel — ves•sel [[t]ˈvɛs əl[/t]] n. 1) naut. a craft for traveling on water, esp. a fairly large one 2) a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, or pitcher, used for holding liquids or other contents 3) anat. zool. a tube or duct, as an artery or… …   From formal English to slang

  • vesselhorn — ves|sel|horn sb., et, vesselhorn, ene (hornlignende prydelse på våbenskjold) …   Dansk ordbog

  • Vessel — A tube in the body that carries fluids: blood vessels or lymph vessels. * * * A structure conveying or containing a fluid, especially a liquid. SEE ALSO: vas. [O. Fr. fr. L. vascellum, dim. of vas] absorbent vessels SYN: lymph vessels. afferent v …   Medical dictionary

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